Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2018-19416

An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1.

Published Nov 21, 2018 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · sysstat project

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2018-19416. EPSS is 1.71%. Act only if a listed version of sysstat project is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.71%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe sysstat project/sysstat

An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memmove call, as demonstrated by sadf.

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  • cpe sysstat project/sysstat12.1.1

How to fix CVE-2018-19416

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2018-19416. EPSS is 1.71%. Act only if a listed version of sysstat project is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with sysstat project/sysstat 12.1.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS 1.71%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 21, 2018 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memmove call, as demonstrated by sadf.

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memmove call, as demonstrated by sadf.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19416

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-19416

    30-day exploitation probability 1.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2018-19416

    An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memmove call, as demonstrated by sadf.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.