What is CVE-2018-15159?

CVE-2018-15159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libesedb Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-15159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libesedb Project

CVE-2018-15159

The libesedb_page_read_tags function in libesedb_page.c in libesedb through 2018-04-01 allows remote attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted esedb file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue comments

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libesedb_project Libesedb
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15159?: CVE-2018-15159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libesedb Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-15159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.