CVE-2018-12931

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 28 Jun 2018, 14:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 08:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Jun 2018, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 08:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

ntfs_attr_find in the ntfs.ko filesystem driver in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 allows attackers to trigger a stack-based out-of-bounds write and cause a denial of service (kernel oops or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ntfs filesystem.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 30%

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

    16.04.4

  • linux•linux_kernel

    4.15

References (4)