What is CVE-2018-12578?

CVE-2018-12578 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-12578?

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

Is CVE-2018-12578 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Sam2p_project Sam2p

CVE-2018-12578

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bmp_compress1_row in appliers.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4 that leads to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th 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

Sam2p_project Sam2p — versions 0.49.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

xiaoqx/pocs

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12578?: CVE-2018-12578 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-12578?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12578 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.