VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-14610

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is out-of-bounds access in write_extent_buffer() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of verification that each block group has a corresponding chunk at mount time, within btrfs_read_block_groups in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references