What is CVE-2018-5196?

CVE-2018-5196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Estsoft Alzip, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-5196?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Estsoft Alzip

CVE-2018-5196

Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted LZH archive file, a attacker could execute arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Estsoft Alzip — versions Alzip

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

vuln@krcert.or.kr (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
vuln@krcert.or.kr (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5196?: CVE-2018-5196 is a high-severity vulnerability in Estsoft Alzip, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-5196?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.