CVE-2018-20033

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 25, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFlexNet PublisherCommunications Lsms

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to corrupt the memory by allocating / deallocating memory, loading lmgrd or the vendor daemon and causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon to stop. This would force the vendor daemon to shut down. No exploit of this vulnerability has been demonstrated.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 11.16.1.0
13.1 ≤ v ≤ 13.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109155
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot ApplicableVendor Advisory
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/85979/
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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