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CVE-2018-18956
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-11-05T21:29:00.257 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:48:11.013

Summary

The ProcessMimeEntity function in util-decode-mime.c in Suricata 4.x before 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segfault and daemon crash) via crafted input to the SMTP parser, as exploited in the wild in November 2018.

Affected products

suricata-ids — suricata

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