What is CVE-2018-19517?

CVE-2018-19517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sysstat Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-19517?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Sysstat Project

CVE-2018-19517

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 memset call, as demonstrated by sadf.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19517?: CVE-2018-19517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sysstat Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-19517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.