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Vulnerability details: VCID-y38j-xss5-t7dv
Vulnerability ID VCID-y38j-xss5-t7dv
Aliases CVE-2018-7642
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Binutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7642.json
epss 0.00147 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
epss 0.00193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7642.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7642
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7642
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1553115 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553115
GLSA-201811-17 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17
RHSA-2018:3032 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3032
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-7642.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.35151
EPSS Score 0.00147
Published At April 13, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:58:42.203999+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-17 38.0.0