Vulnerability in Huawei Ips Module

CVE-2018-7994

Some Huawei products IPS Module V500R001C50; NGFW Module V500R001C50; V500R002C10; NIP6300 V500R001C50; NIP6600 V500R001C50; NIP6800 V500R001C50; Secospace USG6600 V500R001C50; USG9500 V500R001C50 have a memory leak vulnerability. The software does not release allocated memory properly when processing Protal questionnaire. A remote attacker could send a lot questionnaires to the device, successful exploit could cause the device to reboot since running out of memory.

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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: 0.010 (61.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.2% 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-2018-7994: held from 0.013 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.004

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7994?
CVE-2018-7994 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ips Module, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-7994?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.