What is CVE-2018-12422?

CVE-2018-12422 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gnome Evolution, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-12422?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnome Evolution

CVE-2018-12422

addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function. NOTE: the software mai…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Evolution
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12422?: CVE-2018-12422 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gnome Evolution, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-12422?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.