CVE-2018-16865: The systemd Project systemd

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
The systemd Project	systemd	affected through v240

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.5	High	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.030, the 87th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Jan 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342 vendor-advisoryredhat
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00016.html mailing-listmlist
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106525 vdb-entrybid
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367 vendor-advisorydebian
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0204 vendor-advisoryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16865 confirm
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/ confirm
www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt
usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/ vendor-advisoryubuntu
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0271 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0361 vendor-advisoryredhat
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07 vendor-advisorygentoo
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 vendor-advisoryredhat
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4 mailing-listmlist
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25 mailing-listbugtraq
packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21 mailing-listfulldisc
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402 vendor-advisoryredhat
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2 mailing-listmlist

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.