What is CVE-2018-20591?

CVE-2018-20591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-20591?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Libming

CVE-2018-20591

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in decompileJUMP function in util/decompile.c of libming v0.4.8. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by swftocxx.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th 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

Libming — versions 0.4.8
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20591?: CVE-2018-20591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-20591?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.