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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2018-5388

Vendordebian, canonical, strongswanProductdebian linux, ubuntu linux, strongswanDiscoveredMay 31, 2018UpdatedNov 21, 2024

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket.

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CVSS v3.1
6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
3.92%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026
▼ 0.05pp
3.97% → 3.92% over 10 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Connections
4 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
May 31, 2018
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024