High severity · published Feb 26, 2018
CVE-2018-7487
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the LoadPCX function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4
7.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the LoadPCX function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
SA
Sam2p · Sam2p Project
0.49.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7487
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7487
Exploit
https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/18
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.html
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