What is CVE-2018-20348?

CVE-2018-20348 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libpff Project, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-20348?

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

Vulnerability in Libpff Project

CVE-2018-20348

libpff_item_tree_create_node in libpff_item_tree.c in libpff before experimental-20180714 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted file, related to libfdata_tree_get_node_value in libfdata_tree.c.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th 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

Libpff_project Libpff
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20348?: CVE-2018-20348 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libpff Project, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-20348?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.