CVE-2018-7738

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

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 37.2% 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:L/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

2018-03-06 22:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-12-13 13:09Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1412cac6677df49f5027d53832b8a4e0212c117fcccfebcae8d44f43b3306b0b

• github.comhttps://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/539x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4134https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4134vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com103367http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103367vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/892179x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/75f03badd7ed9f1dd951863d75e756883d3acc55x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4512-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4512-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241213-0002/