CVE-2018-7873
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.
02 Description
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.
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
- 1.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (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:N/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
- 2018-03-08 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-03-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fdf5a2b3dd89daf151ba6a6c42d3c2f9abec619718e8ca6fa5b7b2dc2fe0624b
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260
- github.comhttps://github.com/libming/libming/issues/111
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180526 [SECURITY] [DLA 1386-1] ming security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00017.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-03aa4f746chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47KZ5RYWQMBN5DVDITBVRDNDCSFNBJ3V/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-5139453028https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBFCINUX3XXAPPH77OH6NKACBPFBQXXW/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a1b6fc5274https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CQNIJH5EQV2D6KEFGY2467ZS4I7TZLXP/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ming No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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