ubuntu-cve-2018-15173
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-08-08 00:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted TCP-based service.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nmap",
            "binary_version": "6.40-0.2ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zenmap",
            "binary_version": "6.40-0.2ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "nmap",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nmap@6.40-0.2ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.40-0.1ubuntu1",
        "6.40-0.2ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ndiff",
            "binary_version": "7.01-2ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nmap",
            "binary_version": "7.01-2ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zenmap",
            "binary_version": "7.01-2ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nmap",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nmap@7.01-2ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.47-7",
        "7.01-2ubuntu1",
        "7.01-2ubuntu2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ndiff",
            "binary_version": "7.60-1ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nmap",
            "binary_version": "7.60-1ubuntu5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zenmap",
            "binary_version": "7.60-1ubuntu5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "nmap",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nmap@7.60-1ubuntu5?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "7.60-1ubuntu1",
        "7.60-1ubuntu2",
        "7.60-1ubuntu3",
        "7.60-1ubuntu4",
        "7.60-1ubuntu5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted TCP-based service.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15173",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:10Z",
  "published": "2018-08-08T00:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15173"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/07/crashing-nmap-760.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/07/crashing-nmap-770.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15173"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-15173"
  ]
}



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