CVE-2026-118384
GNU mtools through 4.0.49 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_vses in vfat.c.
02 Description
GNU mtools through 4.0.49 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_vses in vfat.c.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 24.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-28 02:53Z1 DAY AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28 03:01Z1 DAY AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-839Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum CheckBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- a84248aebe29897e28c8fe960f453777369acdaa3ba33d346b9dfca30832e084
05 Affected products
06 References
- ftp.gnu.orghttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.49.tar.gz
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-06/msg00004.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/deepin-community/mtools/blob/16d295331a1cfbcf02ad0b2f03c9b906197cf3ee/vfat.c#L444-L445
- github.comhttps://github.com/deepin-community/mtools/blob/16d295331a1cfbcf02ad0b2f03c9b906197cf3ee/vfat.c#L399
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- mtools No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.