6.5

CVE-2018-16336: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16336DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16336
Published 02-09-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16336 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.73%
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 2 · Related 1
DLA-1551-1USN-3852-1

Timeline

  1. 02-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::parseTXTChunk in Exiv2 v0.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10999.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.73% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.73%

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

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Exiv21 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.2 | < 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 | < 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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