CVE-2018-16864

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

0.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 51.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

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

2019-01-11 20:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-09 15:52Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-11

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8aa5cda212e531c58feacb5e6b666e0412aecce24b88b0e8e4deddda76569a52

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• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0342https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16864x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.qualys.comhttps://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txtx_refsource_MISC
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• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHBA-2019:0327https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2402https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210720 CVE-2021-33910: Denial of service (stack exhaustion) in systemd (PID 1)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST