Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2018-1094

Disclosure Date: April 02, 2018
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Description

The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 does not always initialize the crc32c checksum driver, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (ext4_xattr_inode_hash NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • linux,
  • redhat

Products

  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • linux kernel,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04
Technical Analysis