Buffer overflow in Pbc Project

CVE-2018-12918

In libpbc.a in PBC through 2017-03-02, there is a Segmentation fault in _pbcB_register_fields in bootstrap.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-12918: held from 0.014 to 0.014.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12918?
CVE-2018-12918 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pbc Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-12918?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.