CVE-2018-14404

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

3.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.6% 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 2026-10-14.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2018-07-19 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-14 06:30Z15 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2018-07-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0fb9fde8227317305a9366e78dfe7d1364c2c924e2b81a33a9fcc0fc3c2c2d11

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• gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/10x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3739-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3739-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595985x_refsource_MISC
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• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
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• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html