CVE-2018-19333

critical

Description

pkg/sentry/kernel/shm/shm.go in Google gVisor before 2018-11-01 allows attackers to overwrite memory locations in processes running as root (but not escape the sandbox) via vectors involving IPC_RMID shmctl calls, because reference counting is mishandled.

References

https://justi.cz/security/2018/11/14/gvisor-lpe.html

https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/0e277a39c8b6f905e289b75e8ad0594e6b3562ca

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00166