What is CVE-2018-10877?

CVE-2018-10877 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, classified as a Out-of-bounds Read flaw (CWE-125). CVE-2018-10877 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-10877?

CVE-2018-10877 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-10877?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2018-10877 patch availability.

Is CVE-2018-10877 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-10877 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CVE-2018-10877

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-07-18

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

6.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-125

CVE-2018-10877 is a Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability

What is Out-of-bounds Read?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

12 total

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10877

Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104878
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106503

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2018-10877

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-07-18

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10877?

CVE-2018-10877 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10 , classified as an Out-of-bounds Read flaw (CWE-125) . CVE-2018-10877 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-10877?

CVE-2018-10877 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-10877?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2018-10877 patch availability.
Is CVE-2018-10877 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2018-10877 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.