CVE-2018-16981

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

1.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 73.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2018-09-12 23:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 19:15Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e3fbed59313c34afcc8167db7088190bf2880d5a48b1ec3175b96859d3eec8ac

• github.comhttps://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/656
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230131 [SECURITY] [DLA 3305-1] libstb security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.htmlmailing-list