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CVE-2018-14621

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 2.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2018-14621
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
2.26%

Original NVD Description

An infinite loop vulnerability was found in libtirpc before version 1.0.2-rc2. With the port to using poll rather than select, exhaustion of file descriptors would cause the server to enter an infinite loop, consuming a large amount of CPU time and denying service to other clients until restarted.

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