Critical severity · published Mar 7, 2018
CVE-2018-1000116
NET-SNMP version 5.7.2 contains a heap corruption vulnerability in the UDP protocol handler that can result in command execution
9.8
CVSS
6.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NET-SNMP version 5.7.2 contains a heap corruption vulnerability in the UDP protocol handler that can result in command execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.3% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
NE
Net-snmp · Net-snmp
5.7.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000116
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000116
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00020.html
Exploit
https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2821/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4154
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