CVE-2018-14722 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in evaluate_auto_mountpoint in btrfsmaintenance-functions in btrfsmaintenance through 0.4.1. Code execution as root can occur via a specially crafted filesystem label if btrfs-{scrub,balance,trim} are set to auto in /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance (this is not the default, though).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00613.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Btrfsmaintenance Project	Btrfsmaintenance

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:btrfsmaintenance_project:btrfsmaintenance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-6611	An issue was discovered in evaluate_auto_mountpoint in btrfsmaintenance-functions in btrfsmaintenance through 0.4.1. Code execution as root can occur via a specially crafted filesystem label if btrfs-{scrub,balance,trim} are set to auto in /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance (this is not the default, though).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/14/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102721

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00637}`	epss `{'score': 0.00613}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-15T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:38:13.109Z

Reserved: 2018-07-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-14722

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T18:29:00.620

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:40.750

Link: CVE-2018-14722

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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