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CVE-2018-5791

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5791 describes a remote, unauthenticated heap overflow vulnerability in the HSD process of Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x (before 5.8.6.9) and 5.9.x (before 5.9.1.3) access points. This flaw, exploitable via crafted MINT protocol packets, carries a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium) with a high impact on availability and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, < 5.8.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:extremewireless:wing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.9.0, < 5.9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:extremewireless:wing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com / articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003
MitigationVendor Advisory