VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16881

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-01-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in rsyslog in the imptcp module. An attacker could send a specially crafted message to the imptcp socket, which would cause rsyslog to crash. Versions before 8.27.0 are vulnerable.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-190
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-190

Primary references