Is CVE-2018-17962 being actively exploited?

CVE-2018-17962 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-17962?

CVE-2018-17962 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2018-17962

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD

Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in pcnet_receive in hw/net/pcnet.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 4.5% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2018-9702)
Published: October 9, 2018
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-9702 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
oracle / linux
qemu / qemu
qemu / qemu
qemu / qemu
redhat / linux
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

8 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SP4 - SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1248-2026 - active
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Version 15 SP4 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1231-2026 - active
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1213-2023 - active
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 15 SP2 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1168-2021 - active
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1151-2021 - archived

See all 8 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-17962(Third Party Advisory)
https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-17962.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03268.html(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17962/(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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