What is CVE-2018-1205?

CVE-2018-1205 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Scaleio, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-1205?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Dell EMC Scaleio

CVE-2018-1205

Dell EMC ScaleIO, versions prior to 2.5, do not properly handle some packet data in the MDM service. As a result, a remote attacker could potentially send specifically crafted packet data to the MDM service causing it to crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Dell EMC Scaleio
Dell EMC Scaleio — versions versions prior to 2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/59 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1205?: CVE-2018-1205 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Scaleio, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-1205?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.