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CVE-2018-7485

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7485 is a critical vulnerability in unixODBC 2.3.5, specifically within the SQLWriteFileDSN function, where incorrect strncpy argument order can lead to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:unixodbc:unixodbc:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: unixODBC-0:2.3.1-14.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: unixODBC-0:2.3.1-14.el7_6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: unixODBC
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: unixODBC64
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: unixODBC

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7485Moderate

unixODBC: Insecure buffer copy in SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c

Feb 27, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2336
github.com / lurcher/unixODBC/commit/45ef78e037f578b15fc58938a3a3251655e71d6f
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/103193
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry