CVE-2018-10879
Ext4 Filesystem Use-After-Free and Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.
INFO
Published Date :
July 26, 2018, 6:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 4:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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CVE-2018-10879 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10879 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596806 [No Types Assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-416 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596806 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10879 [No Types Assigned] Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-416 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-416 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 30, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 21, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/ No Types Assigned http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/ Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/ No Types Assigned http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/ Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.17.6 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 28, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-10879 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-10879
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile