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CVE-2018-8050 json

The af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ser…

published 2018-03-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-19732

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a corrupt AFF image that triggers an unexpected pagesize value.

Patch / fix

  • afflib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.7.16-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8050

  • afflib Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.7.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • afflib Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.7.16-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8050

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-8050 updated cvss 4.3

afflib: denial of service (DoS) in af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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