CVE-2018-16430

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-04

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

Do I need to act?

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1.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Libextractor

Affected Vendors

Debian Gnu

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105254
Exploit https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5405
Patch https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=24c8d489797499c0331f4d1039e35...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105254
Exploit https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5405
Patch https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=24c8d489797499c0331f4d1039e35...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low