6.2

CVE-2018-10864: redhat certification Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.2v3.0MediumModified
Published 13-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10864 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in redhat certification. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.23%
0%100%
Low · -0.53 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2018:2373

Timeline

  1. 13-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw has been discovered in redhat-certification in the way documents are loaded. A remote attacker may provide an existing but invalid XML file which would be opened and never closed, possibly producing a Denial of Service.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.53 pp

From 1.77% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.23%

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

[unknown]1 product
  • redhat-certification:n/a
Redhat1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links