High
nmap — security advisory
Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted TCP-based service.
- Products
- nmap
- Affected versions
- 7.93+dfsg1-1, 7.94+dfsg1-1, 7.94+dfsg1-1~exp1, 7.94+dfsg1-2, 7.94+dfsg1-3, 7.94+dfsg1-3~bpo12+1, 7.94+dfsg1-4, 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-1, 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-1~bpo12+1, 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-2, 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-3, 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-4, 7.94+git20230807.3be01efb1+dfsg-4~bpo12+1, 7.95+dfsg-1, 7.95+dfsg-2, 7.95+dfsg-3, 7.98+dfsg-1, 7.98+dfsg-1~bpo13+1, 7.99+dfsg-1, 7.99+dfsg-2, 7.991+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-15173
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted TCP-based service.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15173
nmap
Fixed versions: Not specified
nmap
Fixed versions: Not specified
nmap
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:00.159408571Z",
"provider": "osv",
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 420070,
"published_at": "2018-08-08T00:29:01.677+00:00"
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