VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16597
Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.54%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · netapp/active iq performance analytics services · netapp/element software · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.