What is CVE-2018-11729?

CVE-2018-11729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libfsntfs Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-11729?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libfsntfs Project

CVE-2018-11729

The libfsntfs_mft_entry_read_header function in libfsntfs_mft_entry.c in libfsntfs through 2018-04-20 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted ntfs file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libfsntfs issue 8 on GitHub

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (64.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Libfsntfs_project Libfsntfs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11729?: CVE-2018-11729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libfsntfs Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-11729?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.