In Novell NetWare before 6.5 SP8, a stack buffer overflow in processing of CALLIT RPC calls in the NFS Portmapper daemon in PKERNEL.NLM allowed remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code, because a length field was incorrectly trusted
Published Nov 21, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 6.12%
Description
In Novell NetWare before 6.5 SP8, a stack buffer overflow in processing of CALLIT RPC calls in the NFS Portmapper daemon in PKERNEL.NLM allowed remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code, because a length field was incorrectly trusted.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.12% (0.06117) | 93.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.12% (0.06117) | 92.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 8.87% (0.08871) | 92.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 10.40% (0.10398) | 92.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 2, 2025 | 13.28% (0.13283) | 93.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.27% (0.15268) | 94.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 26.44% (0.26439) | 94.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.27% (0.15268) | 94.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.96% (0.02960) | 91.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 3.19% (0.03193) | 91.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 13, 2024 | 3.03% (0.03031) | 90.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 3.50% (0.03505) | 90.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | 3.65% (0.03646) | 90.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.67% (0.04667) | 91.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 17.84% (0.17838) | 96.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 17.84% (0.17838) | 96.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05634) | 89.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 17.84% (0.17838) | 95.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 17.84% (0.17838) | 93.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515804 x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=1z3z-OsVCiE~ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/ x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515804 | x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=1z3z-OsVCiE~ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/ | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.