CVE-2018-6551

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

2.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 81.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

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

2018-02-02 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-02-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2a7c962da6b2888e957f379e877fcf32ea7f9d48abaa3964569e67b360f3a90a

• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e448310d74b283c5cd02b9ed7fb997b47bf9b22x_refsource_CONFIRM
• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22774x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM