What is CVE-2018-12112?

CVE-2018-12112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Md4c Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-12112?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12112 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Md4c Project

CVE-2018-12112

md_build_attribute in md4c.c in md4c 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-06-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Md4c Project — versions 0.2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Edward-L/my-cve-list

References

github.com/mity/md4c/issues/42 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12112?: CVE-2018-12112 is a high-severity vulnerability in Md4c Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-12112?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12112 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.