Is CVE-2018-1000140 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-1000140 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-1000140?

CVE-2018-1000140 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-1000140?

CVE-2018-1000140 has an EPSS score of 9.66% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000140?

Upgrade librelp on debian 11 to 1.2.15-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-1000140

CRITICALEPSS 95th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

rsyslog librelp version 1.2.14 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the checking of x509 certificates from a peer that can result in Remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable a remote attacker that can connect to rsyslog and trigger a stack buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted x509 certificate.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

librelpDebian

Fixed in:1.2.15-1CVE-2018-1000140

librelpUbuntu

Fixed in:1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1USN-3612-1

Fixed in:1.2.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4828-1

Fixed in:1.2.14-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4828-1

librelp0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1USN-3612-1

Fixed in:1.2.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4828-1

Fixed in:1.2.14-3ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4828-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

9.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

lgtm.com

Third-Party Advisory10

Other references1

packetstormsecurity.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.