CVE-2018-0488
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0, when the truncated HMAC extension and CBC are used, allows remote attackers…
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- debian
Description
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0, when the truncated HMAC extension and CBC are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap corruption) via a crafted application packet within a TLS or DTLS session.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- heap corruption
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0
- affected ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0
References (6)
- 103057 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-4147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-4138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2018-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201804-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-4267-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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