CVE-2018-10756
Use-after-free in libtransmission/variant.c in Transmission before 3.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted torrent file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free in libtransmission/variant.c in Transmission before 3.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted torrent file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.70% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- transmissionbt/transmission · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/commit/2123adf8e5e1c2b48791f9d22fc8c747e974180ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CD3GLZ5URIK74RCGLSH72IVLDIJJMLQC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OVAG2HNKNRLWOACFN5F2ANJD2SQ53WI7/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-07Third Party Advisory
- https://tomrichards.net/2020/05/cve-2018-10756-transmission/Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/commit/2123adf8e5e1c2b48791f9d22fc8c747e974180ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CD3GLZ5URIK74RCGLSH72IVLDIJJMLQC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OVAG2HNKNRLWOACFN5F2ANJD2SQ53WI7/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-07Third Party Advisory
- https://tomrichards.net/2020/05/cve-2018-10756-transmission/Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.