peter bassill · operator
$ cve CVE-2018-1000140 JSON

CVE-2018-1000140

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 9.3% (pctl 95)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

rsyslog librelp version 1.2.14 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the checking of x509 certificates from a peer that can result in Remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable a remote attacker that can connect to rsyslog and trigger a stack buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted x509 certificate.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS9.34% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-787
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2018-03-23
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (9)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux server aus
redhatenterprise linux server eus
redhatenterprise linux server tus
redhatenterprise linux workstation
rsysloglibrelp

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD