What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-10774?

CVE-2018-10774 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.4%.

Bibutils CVE-2018-10774

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2018-05-07 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Bibutils

6.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 07, 2018 - 07:29 nvd

MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionNVD

AnalysisAI

Read access violation in the isiin_keyword function in isiin.c in libbibutils.a in bibutils through 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Read access violation in the isiin_keyword function in isiin.c in libbibutils.a in bibutils through 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by isi2xml. Affected products include: Bibutils Project Bibutils. Version information: through 6.2.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.