CVE-2018-5683

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

0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 52.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2018-01-23 18:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 05:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-01-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2682684b56167f882061cde667c51fcb24b4290ef0e3fa7be835f0d8f804224f

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2162https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2162vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-4213https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0816https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0816vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1104https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.gnu.org[Qemu-devel] 20180112 Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vga: check the validation of memory addr when draw texthttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg02597.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3575-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com102518http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102518vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20180115 CVE-2018-5683 Qemu: Out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routinehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/15/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST