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CVE-2018-10840

medium

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0162

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104858

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10840

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-16

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00102