CVE-2018-16948 is a high-severity information leakage vulnerability affecting OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.23 and 1.8.2, including Debian distributions. Uninitialized output variables in several RPC server routines, including the AFSCB service, can leak sensitive memory contents from both the stack and heap. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access confidential information without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.6.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.