CVE-2018-10840
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.6CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.2CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.67%• Percentile: 50%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-122•Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
- CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•hyperv-daemons-6.18
< 0
- chainguard•hyperv-daemons-generic
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12
< 6.12.65-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.12-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18
< 0 | < 6.18.10-r0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic
< 0 | < 6.18.5-r0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-aws-generic-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.12
< 6.12.65-r1 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic
< 6.18.5-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-azure-generic-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2-bootc-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-7.2-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-firecracker-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.12
< 6.12.65-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18
< 0 | < 6.18.10-r0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic
< 6.18.5-r0 | < 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-fips-boot-installed
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-headers
< 0
- chainguard•linux-gcp-generic-modules
< 0
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.12
< 6.12.71-r0
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