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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14617

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14617 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 27, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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