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CVE-2018-12928

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.15.0, a NULL pointer dereference was discovered in hfs_ext_read_extent in hfs.ko. This can occur during a mount of a crafted hfs filesystem.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04.4
• Linux kernel: 4.15

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104593
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1763384
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=152407263325766&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104593
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1763384
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=152407263325766&w=2

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