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CVE-2018-7999

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7999 is a high-severity NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in libgraphite2 within graphite2 version 1.3.11, affecting the dumbRendering operation. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this remotely with low complexity by enticing a user to open a crafted .ttf file, leading to a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts. Despite its high CVSS score of 8.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sil:graphite2:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: graphite2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7999Low

graphite2: NULL pointer dereference in Segment.cpp in libgraphite2

Mar 5, 2018

References

github.com / silnrsi/graphite/commit/db132b4731a9b4c9534144ba3a18e65b390e9ff6
Patch
github.com / silnrsi/graphite/issues/22
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND