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CVE-2018-15503
The unpack implementation in Swoole version 4.0.4 lacks correct size checks in the deserialization process. An attacker can craft a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The unpack implementation in Swoole version 4.0.4 lacks correct size checks in the deserialization process. An attacker can craft a serialized object to exploit this vulnerability and cause a SEGV.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- https://github.com/swoole/swoole-src/issues/1882 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/swoole/swoole-src/commit/4cdbce5d9bf2fe596bb6acd7d6611f9e8c253a76 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://x-c3ll.github.io/posts/swoole-deserialization-cve-2018-15503/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-7380 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-15503)Record last updated .