CVE-2018-5345

moderate-risk
Published 2018-01-12

A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.

Do I need to act?

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0.99% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low 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
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

Gcab

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Gnome Canonical Fedoraproject

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0350
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527296
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3546-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0350
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527296
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3546-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate