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CVE-2018-10840

Published: Jul 16, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

5.2

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.

VendorProductVersions

kernel

heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c

affected
n/a

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

References

USN-3752-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3752-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:0162
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
104858
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3752-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU

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