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HIGH

CVE-2018-10657

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

1.5 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-09-25

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

Description

Matrix Synapse before 0.28.1 is prone to a denial of service flaw where malicious events injected with depth = 2^63 - 1 render rooms unusable, related to federation/federation_base.py and handlers/message.py, as exploited in the wild in April 2018.

Technical details

Published
2018-05-02

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10657?

Matrix Synapse before 0.28.1 is prone to a denial of service flaw where malicious events injected with depth = 2^63 - 1 render rooms unusable, related to federation/federation_base.py and handlers/message.py, as exploited in the wild in April 2018.

Is CVE-2018-10657 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-10657 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.5% on 2026-09-25, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-10657?

CVE-2018-10657 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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