CVE-2018-16430

Public Exploit

Description

GNU Libextractor through 1.7 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_zip_extract_method() in zip_extractor.c.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.06% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gnunet.org Vendor Advisory gnunet.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105254 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00011.html third party advisory mailing list
https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5405 exploit vendor advisory
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=24c8d489797499c0331f4d1039e357ece1ae98a7 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16430?
CVE-2018-16430 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16430?
To fix CVE-2018-16430, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16430 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-16430 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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