CVE-2018-10840

2018-07-1620:00:00

CWE-122

redhat

www.cve.org

CVSS3

5.2

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

7.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

50.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c",
    "vendor": "kernel",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "n/a"
      }
    ]
  }
]