Buffer overflow in Extremewireless Wing

CVE-2018-5793

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 Heap Overflow in the HSD Process over the MINT (Media Independent Tunnel) Protocol on the WiNG Access Point via crafted packets.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-5793: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5793?
CVE-2018-5793 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Extremewireless Wing, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-5793?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.