Is CVE-2018-5996 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-5996 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-5996?

CVE-2018-5996 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-5996?

CVE-2018-5996 has an EPSS score of 2.91% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5996?

Upgrade p7zip-rar on debian 11 to 16.02-2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-5996

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Insufficient exception handling in the method NCompress::NRar3::CDecoder::Code of 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip can lead to multiple memory corruptions within the PPMd code, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR archive.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

p7zip-rarDebian

Fixed in:16.02-2CVE-2018-5996

7zipWindows application

Affected:18.00Fixed in:18.00Igor Pavlov

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

landave.io

Other references4

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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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 2025-01-10.