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CVE-2017-18198

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18198 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in GNU libcdio before version 1.0.0, specifically within the print_iso9660_recurse function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts by providing a specially crafted ISO file. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libcdio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0343 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libcdio-0:0.92-3.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libcdio

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18198Low

libcdio: Heap-based buffer over-read in print_iso9660_recurse function in iso-info.c

Feb 27, 2018

References

ftp.gnu.org / gnu/libcdio/libcdio-1.0.0.tar.gz
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3246
savannah.gnu.org / bugs
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103200
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry