CVE-2018-14610 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-14610?

CVE-2018-14610 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is out-of-bounds access in write_extent_buffer() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of verification that each block group has a corresponding chunk at mount time, within btrfs_read_block_groups in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14610?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14610?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-14610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14610, GHSA-m764-w2r9-692r, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14610.