What is CVE-2018-17333?

CVE-2018-17333 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libsvg2 Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-17333?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libsvg2 Project

CVE-2018-17333

An issue was discovered in libsvg2 through 2012-10-19. A stack-based buffer overflow in svgStringToLength in svg_types.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because sscanf is misused.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libsvg2_project Libsvg2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17333?: CVE-2018-17333 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libsvg2 Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-17333?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.