CVE-2018-10840CWE-122

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function

Medium · published July 16, 2018

CVSS v3.0
5.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
5.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00670 · 51.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2018-07-16T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUL 20:00Z
    Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function
    cvelistv5