CVE-2018-0290: cisco socialminer Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-0290 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in cisco socialminer. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 17-05-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 29-11-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in the TCP stack of Cisco SocialMiner could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in the notification system. The vulnerability is due to faulty handling of new TCP connections to the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious TCP packet to the vulnerable service. An exploit could allow the attacker to create a DoS condition by interrupting certain phone services. A manual restart of the service may be required to restore full functionalities. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvh48368.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
1.59%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.06 pp
From 1.65% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cisco1 product
- socialminer11.6\(1\)
1 vendor · 1 product
References
2 links- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180516-socmin-dosX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory