CVE-2018-1000615

Exp

ONOS ONOS Controller version 1.13.1 and earlier contains a Denial of Service (Service crash) vulnerability in OVSDB component in ONOS that can result in An adversary can remotely crash OVSDB service ONOS controller via a normal switch.. This attack appear to be exploitable via the attacker should be able to control or forge a switch in the network..

Published: 2018-07-09 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-1000615 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-1000615

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1000615

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 2026-06-15 0.28% 1.16% +0.88%
2 2025-03-17 0.12% 0.28% +0.16%
3 2023-03-07 0.12%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-1000615

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-1000615

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-1000615

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
onosproject onos <= 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:onosproject:onos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-1000615

URL Tags
http://gms.cl0udz.com/OVSDB_DOS.pdf Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gerrit.onosproject.org/#/c/18926/ Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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