6.5

CVE-2018-17581: canonical ubuntu_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-17581DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17581
Published 28-09-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-17581 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4
DLA-1691-1DLA-3265-1RHSA-2019:2101RHSA-2020:1577SUSE-SU-2020:0860-1SUSE-SU-2022:4208-1

Timeline

  1. 28-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp in Exiv2 0.26 has excessive stack consumption due to a recursive function, leading to Denial of service.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Exiv2

    Maturity: poc

  • githubUnverified

    Covering360

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
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

5 vendors · 8 products

References

10 links