{"id":"CVE-2018-16530","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16530","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:27:01.765Z","title":"A stack-based buffer overflow in Forcepoint Email Security version 8.5 allows an attacker to craft malicious input and potentially crash a process creating a denial-of-service.","description":"A stack-based buffer overflow in Forcepoint Email Security version 8.5 allows an attacker to craft malicious input and potentially crash a process creating a denial-of-service. While no known Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities exist, as with all buffer overflows, the possibility of RCE cannot be completely ruled out. Data Execution Protection (DEP) is already enabled on the Email appliance as a risk mitigation.","published":"2019-04-09T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@forcepoint.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["forcepoint/email security"],"epss":{"score":0.03444,"percentile":0.88932,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16530.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@forcepoint.com"},{"url":"https://support.forcepoint.com/KBArticle?id=000016621","tags":["Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@forcepoint.com"},{"url":"https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16530.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.forcepoint.com/KBArticle?id=000016621","tags":["Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16530","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."}