{"id":"CVE-2018-16885","details":"A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows the userspace to call memcpy_fromiovecend() and similar functions with a zero offset and buffer length which causes the read beyond the buffer boundaries, in certain cases causing a memory access fault and a system halt by accessing invalid memory address. This issue only affects kernel version 3.10.x as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.","modified":"2026-03-15T14:29:55.195745Z","published":"2019-01-03T16:29:00.477Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106296"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16885"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"3.10.0"},{"last_affected":"3.10.90"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16885.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}