What is CVE-2018-18599?

CVE-2018-18599 is a high-severity vulnerability in Guardianproject Stegdetect, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-18599?

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

Buffer overflow in Guardianproject Stegdetect

CVE-2018-18599

Stegdetect through 2018-05-26 has an out-of-bounds write in f5_compress in the f5.c file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (71.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Guardianproject Stegdetect
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-2018-18599?: CVE-2018-18599 is a high-severity vulnerability in Guardianproject Stegdetect, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-18599?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.