What is CVE-2018-18481?

CVE-2018-18481 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libopencad Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-18481?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Libopencad Project

CVE-2018-18481

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in libopencad 0.2.0 in the ReadCHAR function in lib/dwg/io.cpp, resulting in an application crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th 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

Libopencad_project Libopencad — versions 0.2.0
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-2018-18481?: CVE-2018-18481 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libopencad Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-18481?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.