CVE-2018-10840
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.2 Medium
- Published
- Jul 16, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- May 9, 2018
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 5.2 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.ckernel |
|
References
- USN-3752-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3752-3vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:0162vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10840
- 104858vdb-entry
- USN-3752-1vendor-advisory
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