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CVE-2018-12929

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12929 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the ntfs.ko filesystem driver of the Linux kernel (version 4.15.0), affecting various Canonical and Linux distributions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered locally by an attacker using a crafted NTFS filesystem, potentially leading to a denial of service through a kernel oops or panic. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04.4:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.46.1.rt56.639.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-12929Low

kernel: use-after-free in ntfs_read_locked_inode in the ntfs.ko

Apr 12, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0641
Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1763403
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104588
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry