8.8
HIGH
CVE-2025-0927
Linux Kernel HFS+ Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Filesystem bugs due to corrupt images are not considered a CVE for any filesystem that is only mountable by CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the initial user namespace. That includes delegated mounting.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 8, 2025, 8:15 a.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-0927 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 Linux linux_kernel

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  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Apr. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been found:               A heap overflow in the hfs and hfsplus filesystems can happen if a user mounts a manually crafted filesystem.               At this point in time, it is not fixed in any released kernel version, this is a stop-gap report to notify that kernel.org is now the owner of this CVE id.                   The Linux kernel CVE team has been assigned CVE-2025-0927 as it was incorrectly created by a different CNA that really should have known better to not have done this.to this issue. Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Filesystem bugs due to corrupt images are not considered a CVE for any filesystem that is only mountable by CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the initial user namespace. That includes delegated mounting.
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Canonical Ltd.: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Removed CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Removed CWE Canonical Ltd.: CWE-787
    Removed Reference kernel.org: https://www.kernel.org/
    Removed Reference Canonical Ltd.: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-0927
    Removed Reference Canonical Ltd.: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7276-1
    Removed Reference CISA-ADP: https://ssd-disclosure.com/ssd-advisory-linux-kernel-hfsplus-slab-out-of-bounds-write/
  • CVE Rejected by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Apr. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Mar. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Removed CWE CWE-122
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Mar. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CWE-122
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Mar. 30, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Attila Szász discovered that the HFS+ file system implementation in the Linux Kernel contained a heap overflow vulnerability. An attacker could use a specially crafted file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been found:               A heap overflow in the hfs and hfsplus filesystems can happen if a user mounts a manually crafted filesystem.               At this point in time, it is not fixed in any released kernel version, this is a stop-gap report to notify that kernel.org is now the owner of this CVE id.                   The Linux kernel CVE team has been assigned CVE-2025-0927 as it was incorrectly created by a different CNA that really should have known better to not have done this.to this issue.
    Added Reference https://www.kernel.org/
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Mar. 25, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://ssd-disclosure.com/ssd-advisory-linux-kernel-hfsplus-slab-out-of-bounds-write/
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Attila Szász discovered that the HFS+ file system implementation in the Linux Kernel contained a heap overflow vulnerability. An attacker could use a specially crafted file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added Reference https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-0927
    Added Reference https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7276-1
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