Resource exhaustion in Apple Xcode
CVE-2018-16845
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Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.098 (95.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apple Xcode
- F5 Nginx
- [Unknown] Nginx — versions 1.15.6, 1.14.1
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- ChiomaDibor/Vulnerability-Management-of-a-Web-Server-Using-Nessus-and-Patch-Management-with-Ansible
- ConstantaNF/RPM
- Cybervixy/Vulnerability-Management
- Dekkert/dz6_
- Dorakhris/Vulnerability-Assessment-lab
- Oju-kwu/Vulnerability-Management-Lab
- Teedico/Nessus_
- adastraaero/OTUS_
- alisaesage/Disclosures
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16845?
- CVE-2018-16845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Xcode, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16845?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-16845 known to be exploited?
- 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.