CVE-2018-5255
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers...
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.
- Record
CVE-2018-5255- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.
- Record
CVE-2018-5255- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17037 No score
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17037- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jf47-qj6f-fq8j
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers...
The Mlag agent in Arista EOS 4.19 before 4.19.4M and 4.20 before 4.20.2F allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (agent restart) via crafted UDP packets.
- Record
GHSA-jf47-qj6f-fq8j- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-5255 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Arista Eos, published March 5, 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.