VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-14611

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.49%
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 a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space() when mounting a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of chunk type flag checks in btrfs_check_chunk_valid in fs/btrfs/volumes.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references