CVE-2026-43179
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images
Crafted EROFS images with metadata compression enabled can trigger incorrect early returns, leading to folio reference leaks.
However, this does not cause system crashes or other severe issues.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
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