7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-17336
UDisks Format String Vulnerability
Description

UDisks 2.8.0 has a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information (stack contents), cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed filesystem label, as demonstrated by %d or %n substrings.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 22, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17336 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Freedesktop udisks
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by updating the affected udisks2 packages.
  • Update the affected udisks2 packages.
  • If updates are unavailable, contact your vendor.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-17336 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-17336.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178
https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178
https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17336 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-2018-17336 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

No Cap

Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2023, 1:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

A number of exploits and tools I've written for CVEs accredited to Marshall Whittaker/oxagast

Shell C Perl Ruby

Updated: 4 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Jan. 1, 2021, 4:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

A number of exploits and tools I've written for CVEs accredited to Marshall Whittaker/oxagast

exploits exploitation sploit cve-2006-3392 cve-2010-2626 cve-2016-10401 cve-2018-17336 cve-2019-12881 cve-2019-15947 cve-2017-5816 cve-2021-3560 cve-2023-38941 cve-2024-23828 cve-2023-48251

Shell C Perl Ruby Python HTML Roff Batchfile Lua JavaScript

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 27, 2019, 4:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-17336 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-17336 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178
    Added Reference https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578 No Types Assigned https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-134
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:udisks:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.6
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.34 }} -0.01%

score

0.56273

percentile