CVE-2018-0492
N/A
Published: April 3, 2018 at 07:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxBeep
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.3.4
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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