What is CVE-2018-5262?

CVE-2018-5262 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Flexense Diskboss, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-5262?

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

Is CVE-2018-5262 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Flexense Diskboss

CVE-2018-5262

A stack-based buffer overflow in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a highly privileged account.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.391 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Flexense Diskboss
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5262?: CVE-2018-5262 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Flexense Diskboss, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-5262?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5262 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.