What is CVE-2018-16594?

CVE-2018-16594 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sony Kd-43xe7000, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-16594?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Sony Kd-43xe7000

CVE-2018-16594

The Photo Sharing Plus component on Sony Bravia TV through 8.587 devices allows Directory Traversal.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-06-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/articles/00201041 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-18-036 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16594?: CVE-2018-16594 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sony Kd-43xe7000, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-16594?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.