What is CVE-2018-18959?

CVE-2018-18959 is a high-severity vulnerability in Epson Workforce Wf-2861, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-18959?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Epson Workforce Wf-2861

CVE-2018-18959

An issue was discovered on Epson WorkForce WF-2861 10.48 LQ22I3, 10.51.LQ20I6 and 10.52.LQ17IA devices. On the 'Air Print Setting' web page, if the data for 'Bonjour Service Location' at /PRESENTATION/BONJOUR is more than 251 bytes when sending data for Air Print Setting, then the device no longer functions until a reboot.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (64.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Epson Epson_workforce_wf-2861
Epson Epson_workforce_wf-2861_firmware — versions 10.48_lq22i3, 10.51.lq20i6, 10.52.lq17ia
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18959?: CVE-2018-18959 is a high-severity vulnerability in Epson Workforce Wf-2861, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-18959?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.