Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004900
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write ntfs_attr_find in the ntfs.ko filesystem driver in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 allows attackers to trigger a stack-based out-of-bounds write and cause a denial of service (kernel oops or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ntfs filesystem.

CVSS Base Scores

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