CVE-2018-16428

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

4.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.1% 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

2018-09-04 00:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

13e10965e41f26395fc2e10d5fdfe8febd8c654f8980220dc6aa2d9207ddaf7e

• gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/fccef3cc822af74699cca84cd202719ae61ca3b9x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3767-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3767-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com105210http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105210vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• gitlab.gnome.orghttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1364x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3767-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3767-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190731 [SECURITY] [DLA 1866-1] glib2.0 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00029.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200214 Re: CVE for program distributing vulnerable components ?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/14/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST