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

Published 2018-02-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Extremewireless Wing

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003 (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.