CVE-2018-20431

Public Exploit

Description

GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the function process_metadata() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.61%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5494 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLog third party advisory
https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=489c4a540bb2c4744471441425b8932b97a153e7 third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-20431?
CVE-2018-20431 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-20431?
To fix CVE-2018-20431, 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-2018-20431 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-20431 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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