CVE-2018-7873 — Vulnetix

CVE-2018-7873 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.38% · 80.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.38%

80.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	ming	1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2, 1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5, *

Exploit Intelligence

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/111 (nist-nvd)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260 (circl)
[debian-lts-announce] 20180526 [SECURITY] [DLA 1386-1] ming security update (circl)
FEDORA-2019-03aa4f746c (circl)
FEDORA-2019-5139453028 (circl)
FEDORA-2019-a1b6fc5274 (circl)

Timeline

Mar 8, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
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Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7873 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/111 third-party-advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7873 third-party-advisory

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