THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-18065
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-18065

Net Snmp vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
17.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
_set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service.
Affected vendor
Net Snmp
Affected product
Net Snmp
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2018-10-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 17.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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