CVE-2018-14634

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-01-26), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 7.8 HIGH under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2018-6537 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 15%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be vulnerable.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
75
EG Risk 75/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
15%
EPSS %ILE
96th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 7.8 HIGH.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
15% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA required action“Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/about/ · https://www.kernel.org/ · https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14634 · https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3540 · https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14634

Published

September 25, 2018

Last Modified

January 27, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Oct 27, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3586
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3540
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2933
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2925
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2924
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2846
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2763
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2748
Web page

PSIRT.COM — Product Security Incident Response Team

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105407
Web page🟡 PoC Available

oss-security - CVE-2021-33910: Denial of service (stack exhaustion) in systemd (PID 1)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-14634(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(14)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-image-extra-3.13.0-160-generic (3.13.0-160.210) @ trusty2026-11-01ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-generic-lts-trusty (3.13.0.160.150) @ precise2026-11-01ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.2.0-136-highbank (3.2.0-136.182) @ precise2026-11-01ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-358.94.1.el62018-11-20redhat
redhatkernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.43.1.rt56.630.el6rt2018-11-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-327.76.1.el72018-11-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-693.43.1.el72018-11-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-514.61.1.el72018-11-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-573.65.2.el62018-10-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-504.76.2.el62018-10-16redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-431.93.2.el62018-10-16redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-754.6.3.el62018-10-09redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-862.14.4.el72018-09-25redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-862.14.4.rt56.821.el72018-09-25redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 4.12.6-1: fixed in 4.12.6-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 4.12.6-1: fixed in 4.12.6-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 4.12.6-1: fixed in 4.12.6-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux—
  • every version up to 4.12.6-1: fixed in 4.12.6-1
—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux3.16.36-1 ... 3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u1~bpo70+1 (60 versions)
  • every version up to 3.16.59-1: fixed in 3.16.59-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(14)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 212× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 2,015 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,915 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 15:07 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-01 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  5. 2026-10-31 13:29 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-31 13:29 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-31 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  9. 2026-10-30 11:51 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-30 11:51 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-30 11:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  12. 2026-10-29 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  13. 2026-10-29 10:14 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-29 10:14 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-29 10:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  16. 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  17. 2026-10-28 08:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-28 08:36 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-28 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  20. 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  21. 2026-10-27 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-27 06:56 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-27 06:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  24. 2026-10-26 05:17 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-26 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
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  1. 2026-10-25 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  3. 2026-10-25 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-25 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-25 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  6. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  7. 2026-10-24 02:01 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-24 02:01 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-24 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  10. 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  11. 2026-10-23 00:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-23 00:24 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-23 00:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  14. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  15. 2026-10-21 22:45 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-21 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-21 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  18. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  19. 2026-10-20 21:08 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-20 21:08 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-20 21:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  22. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  23. 2026-10-19 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-19 19:30 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-19 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  26. 2026-10-19 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  27. 2026-10-18 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-18 17:50 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-18 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  30. 2026-10-18 10:19 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-17 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  32. 2026-10-17 16:11 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-10-17 16:11 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-17 16:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  35. 2026-10-16 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  36. 2026-10-16 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-16 14:32 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-16 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  39. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  40. 2026-10-15 12:53 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-10-15 12:53 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-10-15 12:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  43. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  44. 2026-10-14 11:13 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-10-14 11:13 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-14 11:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  47. 2026-10-13 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  48. 2026-10-13 09:34 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-10-13 09:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  50. 2026-10-12 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-10-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  52. 2026-10-12 07:54 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-12 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  54. 2026-10-12 04:05 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-12 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  56. 2026-10-12 00:16 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-10-12 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  58. 2026-10-11 20:26 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-10-11 20:26 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-10-11 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  61. 2026-10-11 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-10-11 16:37 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-10-11 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  64. 2026-10-11 13:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  65. 2026-10-11 12:49 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-10-11 12:49 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-10-11 12:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  68. 2026-10-11 09:01 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-10-11 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  70. 2026-10-11 05:14 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-10-11 05:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  72. 2026-10-11 01:26 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-10-11 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4994-8w6g-9jvw · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  74. 2026-10-10 21:38 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-10-10 21:38 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCluan0ap/cve-2018-14634
    Published Oct 8, 2018

    proof-of-concept (PoC) for linux dists based on Debian, CentOS and RedHat - exploit 1

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-45516
    Published Sep 26, 2018

    Linux Kernel 2.6.x / 3.10.x / 4.14.x (RedHat / Debian / CentOS) (x64) - 'Mutagen Astronomy' Local Privilege Escalation

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2018-14634?
CVE-2018-14634 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 25, 2018. An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be…
When was CVE-2018-14634 made public?
CVE-2018-14634 was made public on September 25, 2018: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on September 25, 2018. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of January 27, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2018-14634 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2018-14634 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 26, 2026, affecting Linux Kernel. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is available. Apply it.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-14634?
CVE-2018-14634 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2018-14634?
CVE-2018-14634 affects Linux Kernel. The affected packages EchelonGraph has on record, with version ranges, are listed in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2018-14634?
A fix for CVE-2018-14634 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2018-14634 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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