What is CVE-2018-16430?

CVE-2018-16430 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Libextractor, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-16430?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in GNU Libextractor

CVE-2018-16430

GNU Libextractor through 1.7 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in EXTRACTOR_zip_extract_method() in zip_extractor.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (85.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Libextractor
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4290 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105254 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00011.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
gnunet.org/bugs/view.php (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16430?: CVE-2018-16430 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Libextractor, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-16430?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.