CVE-2018-17407

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

2.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.9% 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:3.0/AV:L/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

2018-09-23 21:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:47Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6138a2060a70a55cd17db3d628c6ab859aac376df652ebdefc12457111d6a567

• github.comhttps://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4cx_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4299https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3788-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3788-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU