High severity · published Jun 16, 2018
CVE-2018-12453
Type confusion in the xgroupCommand function in t_stream.c in redis-server in Redis before 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service via an XGROUP command in which…
7.5
CVSS
23.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Type confusion in the xgroupCommand function in t_stream.c in redis-server in Redis before 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial-of-service via an XGROUP command in which the key is not a stream.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Redis · Redis
before 5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12453
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12453
Exploit
https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/34a56d575030682f6c564553c53b82b5
Patch
https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/c04082cf138f1f51cedf05ee9ad36fb6763cafc6
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44908/
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