Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an availability risk in older IBM DataPower Gateway releases and IBM MQ Appliance. A local attacker could cause service disruption when the device mishandles a full filesystem condition. The sources do not indicate data theft, data modification, remote exploitation, or active exploitation. Exposure is most likely in environments still running the listed IBM appliance versions. Risk is higher where local users, administrative workflows, or processes can affect appliance filesystem usage. The provided sources do not indicate internet-reachable exploitation. Treat this as a maintenance-priority availability issue, not an emergency breach indicator. Prioritize remediation for production appliances supporting critical traffic, especially if they are on affected legacy versions or have weak local access controls. Mitigation focus: Check IBM’s advisory for the applicable fixed firmware or maintenance level.; Upgrade affected IBM DataPower Gateway and MQ Appliance systems per vendor guidance.; Monitor appliance filesystem utilization and alert before critical capacity thresholds..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CVE-2018-1677 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.1 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS vector scores
1 official scoreWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O1.43.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:L/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- ibm-websphere-cve20181677-dos(145171)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10744555CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.