CVE-2018-10880 — Out-of-bounds Write in Kernel
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMay 14
Description
Linux kernel is vulnerable to a stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in ext4_update_inline_data(). An attacker could use this to cause a system crash and a denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
10GHSA▶
GHSA-3xm5-vf98-cwqx: Linux kernel is vulnerable to a stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in ext4_update↗2022-05-14
📋Vendor Advisories
10📄Research Papers
1arXiv▶
The Security War in File Systems: An Empirical Study from A Vulnerability-Centric Perspective↗2022-04-26