VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5388

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.92%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-124: Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references