CVE-2018-20543
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in...
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2018-20543- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2018-20543- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13097 No score
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13097- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8g8j-64gv-v6ch
6.5
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in...
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-8g8j-64gv-v6ch- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2018-20543- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-20543
6.5
There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20543- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-20543 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Libxsmm Project Libxsmm, published December 28, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.