remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that leads to a daemon crash, memory corruption, or arbitrary command execution
Published Apr 3, 2018
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.46%
Description
remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that leads to a daemon crash, memory corruption, or arbitrary command execution.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Remctl Defaultn/a
- Version remctlStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Remctl | n/a |
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Configuration 2
- 9.0
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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02464) | 83.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.55% (0.02550) | 82.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.01% (0.01006) | 75.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.79% (0.02785) | 76.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00249) | 65.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00253) | 64.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00253) | 62.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 70.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.26% (0.02260) | 81.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 29, 2022 | 2.26% (0.02260) | 80.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.20% (0.02199) | 79.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.20% (0.02199) | 58.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.19% (0.01193) | 29.90th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.19% (0.01193) | 29.26th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.19% (0.01193) | 67.15th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.19% (0.01193) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- https://git.eyrie.org/?p=kerberos/remctl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86c7e44090c988112a37589d2c7a94029eb5e641 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4159 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://git.eyrie.org/?p=kerberos/remctl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86c7e44090c988112a37589d2c7a94029eb5e641 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4159 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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