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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-10689

blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.85%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt program with a crafted file.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.85% probability · 79th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
blktrace project/blktrace
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%21 September 2026: 3.13%22 September 2026: 1.89%27 October 2026: 1.85%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 3.1% on 21 September 2026 to 1.9% on 27 October 2026.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.