CVE-2018-25033

Exp

ADMesh through 0.98.4 has a heap-based buffer over-read in stl_update_connects_remove_1 (called from stl_remove_degenerate) in connect.c in libadmesh.a.

Published: 2022-05-08 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-25033 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). 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-2018-25033

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-25033

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 2025-12-28 0.41% 0.48% +0.07%
2 2025-12-27 0.46% 0.41% -0.05%
3 2025-10-28 0.46%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-25033

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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: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.
2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-25033

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-25033

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-25033

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-25033 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (admesh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-25033
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-25033 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (admesh), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-25033

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-25033

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
admesh_project admesh <= 0.98.4 cpe:2.3:a:admesh_project:admesh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-25033

URL Tags
https://github.com/admesh/admesh/issues/28 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00029.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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