Is CVE-2018-7731 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-7731 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-7731?

CVE-2018-7731 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-7731?

CVE-2018-7731 has an EPSS score of 1.32% (68th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7731?

Upgrade exempi on debian 11 to 2.4.5-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-7731

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Exempi through 2.4.4. XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/WEBP_Support.cpp does not check whether a bitstream has a NULL value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in the WEBP::VP8XChunk class.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

exempiDebian

Fixed in:2.4.5-1CVE-2018-7731

exempiUbuntu

Fixed in:2.2.1-1ubuntu1.1USN-3668-1

Fixed in:2.2.2-2ubuntu0.1USN-3668-1

libexempi3Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.2.1-1ubuntu1.1USN-3668-1

Fixed in:2.2.2-2ubuntu0.1USN-3668-1

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

cgit.freedesktop.org

Exploit1

bugs.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory1

usn.ubuntu.com

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	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.