CVE-2018-3840 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Pixar Renderman IT Display Service 21.6. It stems from improper validation of network packet data, leading to a null pointer dereference when the application processes a malformed packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a significant impact, as an unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger the denial of service with low attack complexity once the user opens the application. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
21.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pixar:renderman:21.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.