CVE-2018-12115

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

7.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2018-08-21 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-15 17:22Z14 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2018-06-11

Assigning CNA

nodejs

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f00ceb6385757124a06d1dfd53391993265fdb699f7e180336c71f9872f512cd

• www.securityfocus.com105127http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105127vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2552https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2552vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2553https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2553vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2944https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2944vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2018-security-releases/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3537https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3537vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2949https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2949vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-48https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO