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CVE-2018-12931

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12931 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the ntfs.ko filesystem driver in Linux kernel versions 4.15.0, including Canonical Ubuntu Linux. An attacker with local access can trigger a stack-based out-of-bounds write by mounting a specially crafted NTFS filesystem. This can lead to a denial of service (kernel oops or panic) and potentially other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-2018-12931Low

kernel: stack-based out-of-bounds write in ntfs_attr_find 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