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CVE-2018-12929

• 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-416

Description

ntfs_read_locked_inode in the ntfs.ko filesystem driver in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free read and possibly cause a denial of service (kernel oops or panic) via a crafted ntfs filesystem.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04.4
• Linux kernel: 4.15

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104588
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0641
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1763403
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-ntfs-dev&m=152413769810234&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104588
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0641
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1763403
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-ntfs-dev&m=152413769810234&w=2

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