CVE-2018-11412

5.9 mediumEPSS 16%

In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2018-05-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
linux:linux_kernel

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104291
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0525
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1580
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199803
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/

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