What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-11230?

CVE-2018-11230 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.8%.

Jbig2Enc CVE-2018-11230

HIGH

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2018-05-17 cve@mitre.org

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free Jbig2Enc

8.8

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

8.8 HIGH

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 17, 2018 - 12:29 nvd

HIGH 8.8

DescriptionNVD

jbig2_add_page in jbig2enc.cc in libjbig2enc.a in jbig2enc 0.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

AnalysisAI

jbig2_add_page in jbig2enc.cc in libjbig2enc.a in jbig2enc 0.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. jbig2_add_page in jbig2enc.cc in libjbig2enc.a in jbig2enc 0.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file. Affected products include: Jbig2Enc Project Jbig2Enc.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.