CVE-2018-14622 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-14622

A null-pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version...

Vulnerability Description

A null-pointer dereference vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 0.3.3-rc3. The return value of makefd_xprt() was not checked in all instances, which could lead to a crash when the server exhausted the maximum number of available file descriptors. A remote attacker could cause an rpc-based application to crash by flooding it with new connections.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libtirpc
Vulnerable Versions:
0.3.3-rc3

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-252

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.