CVE-2018-10756
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 15, 2020 at 03:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraTransmission
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 3.00
Affected range stops below 3.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/commit/2123adf8e5e1c2b48791f9d22fc8c747e974180e
- 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/202007-07
- https://tomrichards.net/2020/05/cve-2018-10756-transmission/
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/transmission/transmission/commit/2123adf8e5e1c2b48791f9d22fc8c747e974180eMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00022.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CD3GLZ5URIK74RCGLSH72IVLDIJJMLQC/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OVAG2HNKNRLWOACFN5F2ANJD2SQ53WI7/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-07x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://tomrichards.net/2020/05/cve-2018-10756-transmission/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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