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CVE-2018-11243

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11243 is a double free vulnerability in UPX 3.95, specifically within the PackLinuxElf64::unpack function, affecting the UPX executable packer. This flaw can be triggered by a remote attacker through a crafted file, leading to a denial of service, hindering malware analysis, or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can result in 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 surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.95CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:upx:upx:3.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00008.html
github.com / upx/upx/blob/devel/NEWS
Release Notes
github.com / upx/upx/issues/206
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / upx/upx/issues/207
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D7XU42G6MUQQXHWRP7DCF2JSIBOJ5GOO
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUTVSTXAFTD552NO2K2RIF6MDQEHP3BE