What is CVE-2018-16807?

CVE-2018-16807 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bro, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-16807?

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

Is CVE-2018-16807 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Bro

CVE-2018-16807

In Bro through 2.5.5, there is a memory leak potentially leading to DoS in scripts/base/protocols/krb/main.bro in the Kerberos protocol parser.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Bro
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mxmssh/manul

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16807?: CVE-2018-16807 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bro, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-16807?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16807 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.