What is CVE-2018-12562?

CVE-2018-12562 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cantata Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-12562?

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

Improper input validation in Cantata Project

CVE-2018-12562

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. The wrapper script 'mount.cifs.wrapper' uses the shell to forward the arguments to the actual mount.cifs binary. The shell evaluates wildcards (such as in an injected string:/home/../tmp/* string).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-06-19 · 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: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cantata Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/CDrummond/cantata/commit/afc4f8315d3e96574925fb530a7004cc9e6ce3d3 (Technical Description, Patch)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/18/1 (Technical Description, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12562?: CVE-2018-12562 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cantata Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-12562?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.