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CVE-2018-1655

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 contains a vulnerability in the rmsock command that may be used to expose kernel memory. IBM X-Force ID: 144748.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/rmsock_advisory2.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104542
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041166
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144748
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/rmsock_advisory2.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104542
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041166
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144748

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