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CVE-2018-0493
remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that…
High7.2EPSS 2.5%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- debian
Description
remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that leads to a daemon crash, memory corruption, or arbitrary command execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- Use after free, double free
- CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs
Affected products
remctl
- affected remctl
References (3)
- https://git.eyrie.org/?p=kerberos/remctl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86c7e44090c988112a37589d2c7a94029eb5e641 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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