CVE-2018-10877
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
Linux kernel ext4 filesystem is vulnerable to an out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.22%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 82
- Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-125
- CWE-125
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10877
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104878
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10877
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
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