CVE-2018-12931

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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-787

Description

ntfs_attr_find in the ntfs.ko filesystem driver in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 allows attackers to trigger a stack-based out-of-bounds write and cause a denial of service (kernel oops or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact 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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