What is CVE-2018-5788?

CVE-2018-5788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extremewireless Wing, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-5788?

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

Buffer overflow in Extremewireless Wing

CVE-2018-5788

An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is a Remote, Unauthenticated Denial of Service in the RIM (Radio Interface Module) process running on the WiNG Access Point via crafted packets.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (67.8th 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

Extremewireless Wing
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5788?: CVE-2018-5788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extremewireless Wing, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-5788?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.