CVE-2018-10880

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 25
Modified
Published: 25 Jul 2018, 13:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 07:54

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
39/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.95% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Jul 2018, 13:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 07:54
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in ext4_update_inline_data(). An attacker could use this to cause a system crash and a denial of service.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.95%• Percentile: 77%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 4.17.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    7.0

  • [unknown]•kernel

    n/a

References (14)