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CVE-2018-10840

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 EPSS 0.67% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-07-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2018-10840
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.6
EPSS
0.67%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.