CVE-2018-10840

MediumCVSS 6.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-122 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 16, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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