What is CVE-2018-1232?

CVE-2018-1232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Rsa Authentication Agent For Web Iis, Apache Server, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-1232?

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

Buffer overflow in Dell EMC Rsa Authentication Agent For Web Iis, Apache Server

CVE-2018-1232

RSA Authentication Agent version 8.0.1 and earlier for Web for both IIS and Apache Web Server are impacted by a stack-based buffer overflow which may occur when handling certain malicious web cookies that have invalid formats. The attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the authentication agent and cause a denial-of-service situation.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-30 · 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: 0.027 (85.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Dell EMC Rsa Authentication Agent For Web Iis, Apache Server — versions version 8.0.1 and earlier
Rsa Authentication Agent For Web

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/60 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040577 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1232?: CVE-2018-1232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Rsa Authentication Agent For Web Iis, Apache Server, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-1232?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.