CVE-2018-5189

HIGH

Jungo Windriver 12.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Race condition in Jungo Windriver 12.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or gain system privileges by flipping pool buffer size, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Fidus InfoSecurity · c++localwindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43494

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (2)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43494/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.fidusinfosec.com/jungo-windriver-code-execution-cve-2018-5189/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 41.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

jungo/windriver < 12.6.0

Published Jan 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026