What is CVE-2018-0545?

CVE-2018-0545 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lxr Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-0545?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Lxr Project

CVE-2018-0545

LXR version 1.0.0 to 2.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2018-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.029 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Lxr Project — versions version 1.0.0 to 2.3.0
Lxr Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN72589538/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
lxr.sourceforge.net/en/bugsandlimits.php (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0545?: CVE-2018-0545 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lxr Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-0545?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.