Incorrect handling of an invalid value for an HTTP request parameter by Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) in M…

Published 8 y ago 2018-10-12 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.1%

percentile 65%

Public exploits

none known

Incorrect handling of an invalid value for an HTTP request parameter by Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3 Update 2 and earlier, 3.0 before Patch Update 12, and 4.0 before Patch Update 2 causes a null pointer dereference (CWE-476) and subsequent denial of service due to process termination.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.05% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`

Affected products

Micro Focus Micro Focus Enterprise Developer, Micro Focus Enterprise Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

community.microfocus.com /microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29624/enterprise-server · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-12469
NVD: CVE-2018-12469

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