CVE-2018-14618

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

11.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/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

2018-09-05 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-15 20:54Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-07-27

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

94751e3aa2b217c0cc8b038fbd38a69fc2b1706c3d88003504b5d33b4134c98d

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• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201903-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3765-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3558https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• psirt.global.sonicwall.comhttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0014x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-4286https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4286vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securitytracker.com1041605http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041605vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3765-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14618x_refsource_CONFIRM
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-436177.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1880https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1880vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT