4.9

CVE-2018-17206: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-17206DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17206
Published 19-09-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-17206 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.05%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 2
DLA-2571-1RHSA-2018:3500RHSA-2019:0053RHSA-2019:0081SUSE-SU-2018:4128-1USN-3873-1

Timeline

  1. 19-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. The decode_bundle function inside lib/ofp-actions.c is affected by a buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.05% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
  • openvswitch< 2.10.0+2018.08.28+git.8ca7c82b7d+ds1-1
  • debian_linuxEOL9.0
Canonical1 product
Openvswitch1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • openvswitch< 2.5.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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