What is CVE-2018-16530?

CVE-2018-16530 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Forcepoint Email_security, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-16530?

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

Buffer overflow in Forcepoint Email_security

CVE-2018-16530

A stack-based buffer overflow in Forcepoint Email Security version 8.5 allows an attacker to craft malicious input and potentially crash a process creating a denial-of-service. While no known Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities exi…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Forcepoint Email_security — versions 8.5.0, 8.5.3
Forcepoint Email Security — versions 8.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@forcepoint.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@forcepoint.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16530?: CVE-2018-16530 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Forcepoint Email_security, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-16530?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.