ubuntu-cve-2018-10689
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-05-03 07:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
Summary
Details

blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt program with a crafted file.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt program with a crafted file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10689",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:51Z",
  "published": "2018-05-03T07:29:00Z",
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      "score": "medium",
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}



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