CVE-2018-10879

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.86% (58th) EPSS
CVSS 6.1 · medium
Is it mine?
14 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.2–7.8

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 8.5
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.04.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.04.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.5 · impact 3.6
v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USCWE-416US
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affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-07-26modified 2026-06-17
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references (61)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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