What is CVE-2018-17042?

CVE-2018-17042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scalabium Dbf2txt, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-17042?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-17042 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Scalabium Dbf2txt

CVE-2018-17042

An issue has been found in dbf2txt through 2012-07-19. It is a infinite loop.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Scalabium Dbf2txt
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17042?: CVE-2018-17042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scalabium Dbf2txt, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-17042?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17042 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.