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CVE-2018-7553

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7553 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the pcxLoadRaster function of sam2p 0.49.4, affecting Debian Linux and sam2p_project. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it can be exploited remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite no active exploitation or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.49.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sam2p_project:sam2p:0.49.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / pts/sam2p/issues/32
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory