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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-17538 json

Axon (formerly TASER International) Evidence Sync 3.15.89 is vulnerable to process injection.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-9291

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Axon (formerly TASER International) Evidence Sync 3.15.89 is vulnerable to process injection. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this CVE is not associated with information that supports any finding of any type of vulnerability

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Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/GitHubAssessments/CVE_Assessment_05_2018/blob/master/Evidence_Sync_Report.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GitHubAssessments/CVE_Assessment_05_2018/master/Evidence_Sync_Report.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/GitHubAssessments/CVE_Assessment_05_2018/blob/master/Evidence_Review_Report.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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