CVE-2018-17336 is a format string vulnerability in UDisks 2.8.0, specifically within the udisks_log function, affecting Canonical and Freedesktop Ubuntu Linux distributions and UDisks. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious filesystem label containing format string specifiers like %d or %n. Successful exploitation can lead to information disclosure (stack contents), denial of service through memory corruption, and potentially other unspecified impacts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:udisks:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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