Buffer overflow in Doc2txt Project
CVE-2018-17043
An issue has been found in doc2txt through 2014-03-19. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function Storage::init in Storage.cpp, called from parse_doc in parse_doc.cpp.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/tsfn/doc2txt/issues/1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/grandnew/software-vulnerabilities/tree/master/doc2txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17043?
- CVE-2018-17043 is a high-severity vulnerability in Doc2txt Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17043?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-17043 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.