CVE-2018-1000116 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-1000116?

CVE-2018-1000116 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NET-SNMP version 5.7.2 contains a heap corruption vulnerability in the UDP protocol handler that can result in command execution.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000116?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Net-Snmp Net-Snmp.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000116?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-1000116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000116, GHSA-8q7v-xf4g-8vpc, MGASA-2018-0185, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000116.