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CVE-2018-0732

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0732 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting OpenSSL versions 1.1.0-1.1.0h and 1.0.2-1.0.2o, as well as products like Canonical, Debian, and Node.js that utilize these OpenSSL versions. A malicious server can exploit this by sending an excessively large prime value during a TLS DH(E) key agreement, causing the client to hang while attempting to generate a key. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.2, <= 1.0.2oCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.1.0, <= 1.1.0hCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
49.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4927 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (19)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 SP2Fixed in: openssl
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.29-40.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2n-15.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.29-40.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2n-15.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssl-1:1.0.2k-16.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes Node.js 10Fixed in: rhoar-nodejs-1:10.9.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes Node.js 8Fixed in: rhoar-nodejs-1:8.11.4-2.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3Fixed in: openssl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl097a
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2Fixed in: openssl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openssl098e
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: OVMF
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: openssl
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl098e

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-0732Moderate

openssl: Malicious server can send large prime to client during DH(E) TLS handshake causing the client to hang

Jun 12, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2552
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2553
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3221
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3505
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1296
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1297
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1543
Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-419820.pdf
Third Party Advisory
git.openssl.org / gitweb
git.openssl.org / gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00043.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EWC42UXL5GHTU5G77VKBF6JYUUNGSHOM
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y3IVFGSERAZLNJCK35TEM2R4726XIH3Z
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZBEV5QGDRFUZDMNECFXUSN5FMYOZDE4V
nodejs.org / en/blog/vulnerability/august-2018-security-releases
Vendor Advisory
securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com / Home/Detail/133
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-03
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20181105-0001
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190118-0002
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3692-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3692-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4348
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4355
Third Party Advisory
openssl.org / news/secadv/20180612.txt
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-12
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-13
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-14
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2018-17
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104442
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041090
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry