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CVE-2018-18310

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18310 describes an invalid memory address dereference vulnerability in elfutils through v0.174, specifically within the dwfl_segment_report_module.c component of libdwfl. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted ELF file, impacting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file), leading to high availability impact. There is currently 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
<= 0.174CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: elfutils-0:0.176-2.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: elfutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: elfutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-18310Low

elfutils: invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl

Oct 10, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2197
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00022.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4012-1
Third Party Advisory