What is CVE-2018-19416?

CVE-2018-19416 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sysstat Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-19416?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Sysstat Project

CVE-2018-19416

An issue was discovered in sysstat 12.1.1. The remap_struct function in sa_common.c has an out-of-bounds read during a memmove call, as demonstrated by sadf.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.017 (75.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sysstat_project Sysstat — versions 12.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19416?: CVE-2018-19416 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sysstat Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-19416?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.