CVE-2018-10840

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

6.6 medium

EPSS

<1%p50

Published

Jul 16, 2018 (Jul 16, 2018)

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.

Vendors: linux canonical redhat
Products: linux kernel, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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