CVE-2025-70099

high

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in the ext4_dir_en_get_name_len function in include/ext4_dir.h of lwext4 1.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a specially crafted EXT4 filesystem image with malformed directory entries. During directory iteration, the code may fail to validate the directory entry pointer before accessing the name_len field, resulting in a segmentation fault. This affects versions based on (or equivalent to) the 2016-era codebase (1.0.0).

References

https://infosec.exchange/@sigdevel/116668939725424227

https://github.com/sigdevel/pocs/blob/main/res/lwext4/1/sig11_2_1_lwext4_ext4_dir_h_126

https://github.com/gkostka/lwext4/issues/89

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-01

Updated: 2026-06-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017