CVE-2017-18238

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

1.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 70.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2018-03-15 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 21:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

113baf346c6401c05457a4b4482d0b71ef42635829fb2442ec319a181ae24b0d

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• bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102483x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180321 [SECURITY] [DLA 1310-1] exempi security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3668-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2048https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT