6.5

CVE-2018-10998: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-10998DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10998
Published 12-05-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10998 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DLA-1402-1DSA-4238-1RHSA-2019:2101SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1SUSE-SU-2018:3882-2USN-3700-1

Timeline

  1. 12-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Exiv2 0.26. readMetadata in jp2image.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGABRT) by triggering an incorrect Safe::add call.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.43% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Exiv2

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Exiv21 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.1 | < 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.2 | < 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1

5 vendors · 8 products

References

10 links