What is CVE-2018-0656?

CVE-2018-0656 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sony Digital Paper App, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-0656?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sony Digital Paper App

CVE-2018-0656

Untrusted search path vulnerability in The installer of Digital Paper App version 1.4.0.16050 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sony Digital Paper App
Sony Corporation The Installer Of Digital Paper App — versions version 1.4.0.16050 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

esupport.sony.com/US/p/swu-download.pl (Vendor Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN75700242/index.html (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0656?: CVE-2018-0656 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sony Digital Paper App, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-0656?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.