CVE-2018-10388
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows...
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in a TFTP error packet.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in a TFTP error packet.
- Record
CVE-2018-10388- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in a TFTP error packet.
- Record
CVE-2018-10388- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-2461 No score
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in a TFTP error packet.
- Record
EUVD-2018-2461- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vw29-f28r-7xr2 No score
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows...
Format string vulnerability in the logMess function in TFTP Server SP 1.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in a TFTP error packet.
- Record
GHSA-vw29-f28r-7xr2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | 0xddaa/CVE-2018-10388 | 2020-05-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-10388 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Open Tftp Server Project Tftp Server, published December 23, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.36%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.