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CVE-2018-1677

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1677 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting IBM DataPower Gateways (versions 7.1 through 7.7) and IBM MQ Appliance. This flaw stems from improper handling of the full file system, allowing a local attacker to disrupt service availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and privilege requirement, with a high impact on availability. 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
>= 7.1.0.0, <= 7.1.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.2.0.0, <= 7.2.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.5.0.0, <= 7.5.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.5.1.0, <= 7.5.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.5.2.0, <= 7.5.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:datapower_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/145171
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106284
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry