CVE-2018-20547
There is an illegal READ memory access at caca/dither.c (function get_rgba_default) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 24bpp data.
02 Description
There is an illegal READ memory access at caca/dither.c (function get_rgba_default) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 24bpp data.
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
- 1.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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
- 2018-12-28 03:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-12-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6f2f6bdb4f022e4469151069b28abe528f9579a139dba3272b73b3fd797f3119
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3860-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3860-2/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652624
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190109 [SECURITY] [DLA 1631-1] libcaca security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00007.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3860-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3860-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1144http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00033.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-fc6b53e7a2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WFGYICNTMNDNMDDUV4G2RYFB5HNJCOV/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-e3b9986722https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PC7EGOEQ5C4OD66ZUJJIIYEXBTZOCMZX/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-3d291845d8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZSBCRN6EGQJUVOSD4OEEQ6XORHEM2CUL/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libcaca Fixed in 0.99.beta19-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libcaca Fixed in 0.99.beta19-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libcaca Fixed in 0.99.beta19-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libcaca Fixed in 0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libcaca Fixed in 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libcaca Fixed in 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
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.