5.5

CVE-2018-10196: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2018-0307SUSE-SU-2020:14524-1SUSE-SU-2020:2346-1
Published 30-05-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10196 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.66%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DLA-2659-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10821-1USN-5264-1USN-5971-1

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the rebuild_vlists function in lib/dotgen/conc.c in the dotgen library in Graphviz 2.40.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.69% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse14 products
  • graphviz-addons&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15< 2.40.1-6.6.8
  • graphviz-addons&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1< 2.40.1-6.6.8
  • graphviz-addons&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1< 2.40.1-6.6.8
  • graphviz-addons&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1< 2.40.1-6.6.8
  • graphviz-plugins&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4< 2.20.2-8.3.6
Opensuse4 products
  • graphviz-addons&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 2.40.1-lp151.6.6.1
  • graphviz-addons&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 2.40.1-lp152.7.7.1
  • graphviz&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 2.40.1-lp151.6.6.1
  • graphviz&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 2.40.1-lp152.7.7.1
Mageia2 products
  • graphviz< 2.38.0-10.1.mga5
  • graphviz< 2.38.0-20.1.mga6
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • graphviz< 2.40.1-6
Fedoraproject1 product
Graphviz1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • graphviz< 2.36.0-0ubuntu3.2+esm1 | < 2.38.0-12ubuntu2.1+esm1 | < 2.40.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

8 vendors · 25 products

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