CVE-2018-10840
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.7%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 6.6 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.0
- 5.2 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 50th percentile
- Published
- 2018-07-16
- Updated
- 2024-08-05