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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-20033 json

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier could allow…

published 2019-02-25 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-12610

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability in lmgrd and vendor daemon components of FlexNet Publisher version 11.16.1.0 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to corrupt the memory by allocating / deallocating memory, loading lmgrd or the vendor daemon and causing the heartbeat between lmgrd and the vendor daemon to stop. This would force the vendor daemon to shut down. No exploit of this vulnerability has been demonstrated.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-323-01 updated cvss 9.8

Flexera FlexNet Publisher

  • Flexera FlexNet Publisher <= 2018 R3
    affected: fixed in 2018, mitigation “More information on this issue can be found at the following location on the Flexera site:” flexerasoftware.flexnetoperations.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-19-192-05 updated cvss 9.8

AVEVA Vijeo Citect and Citect SCADA Floating License Manager

  • AVEVA Software, LLC Vijeo Citect and Citect SCADA Floating License Manager <= 2.3.0.0
    affected: mitigation “Impacted users should upgrade to Floating License Manager (FLM) Version 2.3.1.0 as soon as possible.” schneider-electric.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-19-192-07 updated cvss 9.8

Schneider Electric Floating License Manager

  • Schneider Electric Software, LLC Floating License Manager <= 2.3.0.0
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Schneider Electric has made a fix for these vulnerabilities available for download on its website” schneider-electric.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Flexera Software LLC FlexNet Publisher

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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