CVE-2018-16890

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

5.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% 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:3.1/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 2026-06-17.

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

2019-02-06 20:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-15 20:53Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-09-11

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cc1d950cc7f77f3a0951582f01f7423cdc90bb0dc3cb40721b987028fc9a0536

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• www.securityfocus.com106947http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106947vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16890.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3882-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3882-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16890x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apache.org[infra-devnull] 20190404 [GitHub] [incubator-openwhisk-runtime-ballerina] falkzoll commented on issue #15: Update to new base image jdk8u202-b08_openj9-0.12.1.https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-436177.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03314397?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSSx_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:3701https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3701vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT