Resource exhaustion in Flexera Flexnet Publisher
CVE-2018-20033
A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to corrupt the memory by allocating / deallocating memory, loading lmgrd or the vendor daemon and causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon to stop. This would force the vendor daemon to shut down. No exploit of this vulnerability has been demonstrated.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.037 (89.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Flexera Flexnet Publisher
- Flexera Software Llc Flexnet Publisher — versions 11.16.1.0 and earlier
- Oracle Communications Lsms
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/85979/ (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/109155 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-20033?
- CVE-2018-20033 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Flexera Flexnet Publisher, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-25.
- How severe is CVE-2018-20033?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.