What is CVE-2018-13100?

CVE-2018-13100 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Divide By Zero flaw (CWE-369). CVE-2018-13100 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-13100?

CVE-2018-13100 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-13100?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2018-13100. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2018-13100 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-13100 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Divide By Zero (CWE-369)?

The product divides a value by zero, causing a crash or unexpected behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html

CVE-2018-13100

Medium

An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3, which does not properly validate secs_per_zone in a corrupted f2fs image, as demonstrated by a divide-by-zero error.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-07-03

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-369

CVE-2018-13100 is a Divide By Zero vulnerability

What is Divide By Zero?

The product divides a value by zero, causing a crash or unexpected behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2018-13100 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html
Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151420/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104679

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel.org
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200183

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html

Third Party Advisory
Seclists
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/52
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
Ubuntu Security
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42bf546c1fe3f3654bdf914e977acbc2b80a5be5
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2018-13100

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-07-03

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13100?

CVE-2018-13100 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Divide By Zero flaw (CWE-369) . CVE-2018-13100 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-13100?

CVE-2018-13100 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-13100?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2018-13100. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2018-13100 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2018-13100 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Divide By Zero (CWE-369)?

The product divides a value by zero, causing a crash or unexpected behaviour. View CWE-369 on MITRE CWE →