CVE-2018-16597

mediumpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.54% (45th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimary

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
linux linux kernel< 4.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active iq performance analytics servicesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp element softwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap= 42.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-09-21modified 2026-06-17

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references (26)

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