CVE-2018-14617
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14617
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14617.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-14617
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-07-27T04:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/