What is CVE-2018-12601?

CVE-2018-12601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-12601?

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

Is CVE-2018-12601 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-2018-12601

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in ReadImage in input-tga.ci in sam2p 0.49.4 that leads to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (80.0th 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
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
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, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12601?: CVE-2018-12601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-12601?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12601 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.