CVE-2018-14648 vulnerability in Fedora Project and Other Products
Published on September 28, 2018
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. A specially crafted search query could lead to excessive CPU consumption in the do_search() function. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2018-14648 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-14648
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Affected Versions
[UNKNOWN] 389-ds-base: Version n/a is affected by CVE-2018-14648Exploit Probability
EPSS
4.25%
Percentile
88.59%
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.