CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-14617

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory.

7.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.html Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-27 04:29

Updated : 2019-08-13 07:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-14617

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14617

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-476