CVE-2018-1000116

Exp

NET-SNMP version 5.7.2 contains a heap corruption vulnerability in the UDP protocol handler that can result in command execution.

Published: 2018-03-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-1000116 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.49%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-1000116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1000116

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-29 7.03% 5.49% -1.53%
2 2026-03-25 5.30% 7.03% +1.73%
3 2026-03-15 — 5.30% —

Full EPSS history (53 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-1000116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-1000116

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-1000116

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-1000116 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (net-snmp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000116
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000116
suse high CVE-2018-1000116 severity important: SUSE including 9 source package names (libsnmp15, libsnmp15-32bit, …), 22 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS, … (6 product lines)): Known Not Affected 22. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000116/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-1000116 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (net-snmp), 4 status rows across 4 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000116

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-1000116

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
net-snmp net-snmp 5.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-1000116

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