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high 7.5

CVE-2018-11488 json

A stack exhaustion vulnerability in the search function of dtSearch 7.90.8538.1 and prior allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…

published 2018-05-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3519

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stack exhaustion vulnerability in the search function of dtSearch 7.90.8538.1 and prior allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service condition by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.

Exploit prediction

4.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/bitsadmin/exploits/tree/master/CVE-2018-11488 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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