CVE-2018-10840

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10840
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10840.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-10840
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Published
2018-07-16T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:29Z
Severity
  • 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4xattrset_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.

References

Affected packages