CVE-2018-15173

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

Nmap: through 7.70

References

http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/07/crashing-nmap-760.html
http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/07/crashing-nmap-770.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00067.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0004/
http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/07/crashing-nmap-760.html
http://code610.blogspot.com/2018/07/crashing-nmap-770.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00067.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0004/

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