What is CVE-2018-14743?

CVE-2018-14743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pbc Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-14743?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-14743 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Pbc Project

CVE-2018-14743

An issue was discovered in libpbc.a in cloudwu PBC through 2017-03-02. A SEGV can occur in wiretype_decode in context.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Pbc_project Pbc
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14743?: CVE-2018-14743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pbc Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-14743?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-14743 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.