5.3

CVE-2018-12537: eclipse vert.x CRLF Injection

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-6cw8-7j6c-hccp
Published 14-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12537 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) CRLF Injection vulnerability in eclipse vert.x. EPSS estimates a 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.48% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.48%

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

Eclipse1 product
Io.vertx1 product
  • vertx-core≥ 3.0.0, < 3.5.2
The eclipse foundation1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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