Use After Free in Eyrie Remctl

CVE-2018-0493

remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that leads to a daemon crash, memory corruption, or arbitrary command execution.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (83.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-0493: held from 0.025 to 0.025.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0493?
CVE-2018-0493 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eyrie Remctl, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-0493?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.