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CVE-2018-7873

Date: March 8, 2018

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for INTEGER data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7873

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00017.html

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CQNIJH5EQV2D6KEFGY2467ZS4I7TZLXP/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBFCINUX3XXAPPH77OH6NKACBPFBQXXW/

Url: https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/111

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47KZ5RYWQMBN5DVDITBVRDNDCSFNBJ3V/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-7873

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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