What is CVE-2018-12584?

CVE-2018-12584 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Resiprocate, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-12584?

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

Is CVE-2018-12584 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Resiprocate

CVE-2018-12584

The ConnectionBase::preparseNewBytes function in resip/stack/ConnectionBase.cxx in reSIProcate through 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code when TLS communication is enabled.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-07-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.243 (97.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.246 · newest: 0.243 · change: -0.003

Affected products

Resiprocate
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

PS-RANASINGHE/Crypto-Ex---7

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45174/ (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
github.com/resiprocate/resiprocate/commit/2cb291191c93c7c4e371e22cb89805a5b31d6… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00031.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Aug/14 (mailing-list, Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/148856/reSIProcate-1.10.2-Heap-Overflow.html (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
joachimdezutter.webredirect.org/advisory.html (Broken Link)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00029.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12584?: CVE-2018-12584 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Resiprocate, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-12584?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12584 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.