What is CVE-2018-1000523?

CVE-2018-1000523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Topydo, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000523?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Topydo

CVE-2018-1000523

topydo contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ListFormatParser::parse, file topydo/lib/ListFormat.py line 292 as of d4f843dac71308b2f29a7c2cdc76f055c3841523 that can result in Injection of arbitrary bytes to the terminal, including terminal escape code sequences. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must open a todo.txt with at least one specially crafted line..

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Topydo
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000523?: CVE-2018-1000523 is a high-severity vulnerability in Topydo, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000523?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.