What is CVE-2018-20536?

CVE-2018-20536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblas, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-20536?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Liblas

CVE-2018-20536

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at liblas::SpatialReference::GetGTIF() (spatialreference.cpp) in libLAS 1.8.1 that will cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Liblas — versions 1.8.1
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)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20536?: CVE-2018-20536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblas, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-20536?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.