CVE-2018-12066

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

5.5

BIRD Internet Routing Daemon before 1.6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and daemon crash) via BGP mask expressions in birdc.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 34.4%
KEV: Not listed

Published

June 8, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (8)

cve@mitrehttp://bird.network.cz
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900967
cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/blob/v1.6.4/NEWS#L11
cve@mitrehttps://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/commit/e8bc64e308586b6502090da2775af84cd760ed0d
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bird.network.cz
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900967
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/blob/v1.6.4/NEWS#L11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/commit/e8bc64e308586b6502090da2775af84cd760ed0d

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (Denial of Service)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-12066?

CVE-2018-12066 is a medium vulnerability published on June 8, 2018. BIRD Internet Routing Daemon before 1.6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and daemon crash) via BGP mask expressions in birdc.

When was CVE-2018-12066 disclosed?

CVE-2018-12066 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 8, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-12066 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-12066 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 34.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-12066?

CVE-2018-12066 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-12066?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-12066, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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