{"id":"CVE-2018-11130","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-11130","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:58:09.114Z","title":"The header::add_FORMAT_descriptor function in header.cpp in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted vcf file.","description":"The header::add_FORMAT_descriptor function in header.cpp in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted vcf file.","published":"2018-05-17T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:35:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["vcftools project/vcftools"],"epss":{"score":0.20136,"percentile":0.9744,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.2645,"percentile":0.97963},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.22369,"percentile":0.97584},{"date":"2026-10-22","score":0.20495,"percentile":0.97508}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/43","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00039.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3974-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/43","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00039.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3974-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11130","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}