7.5

CVE-2018-1064: debian debian_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2018-0186UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1064DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1064
Published 28-03-2018Last modified 17-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1064 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.85%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 8
DLA-1315-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11008-1RHSA-2018:1396RHSA-2018:1929SUSE-SU-2018:0838-1SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libvirt version before 4.2.0-rc1 is vulnerable to a resource exhaustion as a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 that affects QEMU monitor but now also triggered via QEMU guest agent.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.85% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
  • libvirt< 1.2.9-9+deb8u5 | < 3.0.0-4+deb9u3 | < 4.1.0-1
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
Libvirt1 product
Mageia1 product
  • libvirt< 3.10.0-1.2.mga6
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libvirt< 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.27 | < 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.24 | < 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.2

5 vendors · 6 products

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