VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-14617
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory.
- 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
- 2.51% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.0% on 21 September 2026 to 2.5% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.