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CVE-2018-7435

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7435 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the freexl::destroy_cell function of FreeXL versions prior to 1.0.5, affecting Debian Linux and FreeXL Project products. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
< 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freexl_project:freexl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0218 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: freexl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7435Low

freexl: heap-buffer-overflow in freexl::destroy_cell

Feb 22, 2018

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
groups.google.com / forum
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-44
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4129
Third Party Advisory