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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11723 (CVE-2018-11723)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-06-19 21:29 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:53 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

** DISPUTED ** The libpff_name_to_id_map_entry_read function in libpff_name_to_id_map.c in libyal libpff through 2018-04-28 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pff file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libpff issue 66 on GitHub.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11723	REPORT
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/15	REPORT
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148113/libpf…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11723	REPORT

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}

CVE-2018-11723 (GCVE-0-2018-11723)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:17 Disputed

Summary

The libpff_name_to_id_map_entry_read function in libpff_name_to_id_map.c in libyal libpff through 2018-04-28 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pff file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libpff issue 66 on GitHub

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-06-11 18:58 UTC

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148113/libpf…	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/15	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Date Public

2018-06-08 00:00

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