CVE-2018-17336

Name: CVE-2018-17336
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2018-09-22T16:29:00.947+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 0.62%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-17336 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. UDisks 2.8.0 has a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information (stack contents), cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed filesystem label, as demonstrated by %d or %n substrings.. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

UDisks 2.8.0 has a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c, allowing attackers to obtain sensitive information (stack contents), cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed filesystem label, as demonstrated by %d or %n substrings.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

0.62%

45.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Freedesktop	Udisks	2.8.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178
https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178
https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 22, 2018
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-17336?

How severe is CVE-2018-17336?

Severity scoring for CVE-2018-17336 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 0.62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17336?

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Source: NVD / NIST