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CVE-2018-10360

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10360 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the do_core_note function of libmagic.a in file 5.33, affecting various Canonical, openSUSE, and file_project distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted ELF file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no confidentiality or integrity impact, only availability (A:H). 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
5.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0341 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-36/ansible-tower:3.6.4-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: file-0:5.11-36.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: file-0:5.11-33.el7_4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: file-0:5.11-33.el7_4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: file-0:5.11-35.el7_6.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update SupportFixed in: file-0:5.11-35.el7_7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: file-0:5.11-33.el7_4.1
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: file
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10360Low

file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file

Jun 9, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / file/file/commit/a642587a9c9e2dd7feacdf513c3643ce26ad3c22
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201806-08
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3686-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3686-2
Third Party Advisory