6.5

CVE-2018-5255: arista eos

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
Published 05-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5255 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in arista eos. EPSS estimates a 1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.05%
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. 05-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.05% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.05%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Arista1 product
  • eos≥ 4.19, < 4.19.4m | ≥ 4.20, < 4.20.2f

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links