Medium severity · published Dec 24, 2018
CVE-2018-20430
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in…
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libextractor · Gnu
through 1.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20430
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20430
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300
Exploit
https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5493
Patch
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=b405d707b36e0654900cba78e89f49779efea110
Release Notes
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLog
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361
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