CVE catalog

CVE-2018-0492

beep: CVE-2018-0492

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.56% · Oct 25, 2026

Johnathan Nightingale beep through 1.3.4, if setuid, has a race condition that allows local privilege escalation.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianbeepsid1.4.9-1.1fixed
Debianbeepforky1.4.9-1.1fixed
Debianbeeptrixie1.4.9-1.1fixed
Debianbeepbookworm1.4.9-1fixed
Ubuntubeep14.041.3-3vulnerable
Ubuntubeep14.041.3-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1fixed
Ubuntubeep16.041.3-3vulnerable
Ubuntubeep16.041.3-4vulnerable
Ubuntubeep16.041.3-4+deb9u1~build0.16.04.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianbeepsourcesid1.3-5not yet assignedNot reported[894667]
Debianbeepsourceforky1.3-5not yet assignedNot reported[894667]
Debianbeepsourcetrixie1.3-5not yet assignedNot reported[894667]
Debianbeepsourcebookworm1.3-5not yet assignedNot reported[894667]
Ubuntubeepdeb14.041.3-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-0492Not reported
Ubuntubeepdeb16.041.3-4+deb9u1~build0.16.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-0492Not reported

[Debian bug #894667]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [beep]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 1.4.9-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3-5

      dsa · beep · debian · bookworm; dsa · beep · debian · 12

    • 1.4.9-1+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3-5

      dsa · beep · debian · bookworm; dsa · beep · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [beep]Fixed

    Source package: [beep]

    Details (2)

    • 1.4.9-1.1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3-5

      dsa · beep · debian · 13

    • 1.4.9-1.1+b1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3-5

      dsa · beep · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]