VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1232

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.67%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-03-30

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

RSA Authentication Agent version 8.0.1 and earlier for Web for both IIS and Apache Web Server are impacted by a stack-based buffer overflow which may occur when handling certain malicious web cookies that have invalid formats. The attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the authentication agent and cause a denial-of-service situation.

Weakness classification

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references

security_alert@emc.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security_alert@emc.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry