CVE-2018-17427 — SIMDComp before 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) because it can read (and then discard) extra bytes

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SIMDComp before 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) because it can read (and then discard) extra bytes

Published Oct 1, 2018

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.47%

Description

SIMDComp before 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) because it can read (and then discard) extra bytes.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.47% 0.01472

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01472

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.47% (0.01472)	72.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2026	1.70% (0.01699)	75.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.15% (0.00146)	51.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 20, 2024	0.15% (0.00146)	50.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.14% (0.00137)	48.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00167)	51.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.65% (0.00651)	18.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.65% (0.00651)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

References (1)

https://github.com/lemire/simdcomp/issues/21
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/lemire/simdcomp/issues/21		x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 1, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Sep 23, 2018

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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