6.5

CVE-2018-1114: red hat undertow Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1114DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1114GHSA-gjjx-gqm4-wcgm
Published 11-09-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1114 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in red hat undertow. EPSS estimates a 2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2018:2089RHSA-2018:2090RHSA-2018:2643

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was found that URLResource.getLastModified() in Undertow closes the file descriptors only when they are finalized which can cause file descriptors to exhaust. This leads to a file handler leak.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.33% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.33%

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

Redhat3 products
Debian1 product
  • undertow< 1.4.25-1
Io.undertow1 product
  • undertow-core< 1.4.25.Final | ≥ 2.0.0.Alpha1, < 2.0.5.Final
Red hat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • undertowAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 7 products

References

10 links