udisks: Format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c
Published Sep 22, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.62%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.8.0
Configuration 2
- 18.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
udisks2-0:2.7.3-9.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2178
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
storaged
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
udisks
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
udisks2
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | udisks2-0:2.7.3-9.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2178 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | storaged | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | udisks | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | udisks2 | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.62% (0.00622) | 47.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.62% (0.00622) | 44.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.25% (0.00246) | 45.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.21% (0.03206) | 78.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 36.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 35.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00071) | 28.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.85% (0.00847) | 24.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.85% (0.00847) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17336 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632828 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17336
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17336
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2178 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17336 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632828 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/578 | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17336 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3772-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17336 |
Change history (0)
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