What is CVE-2018-8050?

CVE-2018-8050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Afflib Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-8050?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-8050 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Afflib Project

CVE-2018-8050

The af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a corrupt AFF image that triggers an unexpected pagesize value.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-03-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Afflib Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

github.com/sshock/AFFLIBv3/commit/435a2ca802358a3debb6d164d2c33049131df81c (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8050?: CVE-2018-8050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Afflib Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-8050?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8050 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.