High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-0492
CVE-2018-0492
Description
Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=1.3.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44452/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00089.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0492nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-15nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163nvdThird Party Advisory
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