How severe is CVE-2018-1172?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 5.9 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-1172?

This is classified as CWE-476, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2018-1172 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 5.9

Vulnerability Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to deny service on vulnerable installations of The Squid Software Foundation Squid 3.5.27-20180318. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within ClientRequestContext::sslBumpAccessCheck(). A crafted request can trigger the dereference of a null pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition to users of the system. Was ZDI-CAN-6088.

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