CVE-2018-14447
trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.
02 Description
trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-20 13:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 09:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d465dcf068da2a18d70ce30e46417f4301abdf0ca5bfcc1dd8215f9e6429b18e
05 Affected products
06 References
- hac425.unaux.comhttp://hac425.unaux.com/index.php/archives/64/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180818 [SECURITY] [DLA 1470-1] confuse security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00017.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues/109
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- confuse Fixed in 2.7-5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- confuse Fixed in 2.7-5+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- confuse Fixed in 3.2.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.