What is CVE-2018-6358?

CVE-2018-6358 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-6358?

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

Buffer overflow in Libming

CVE-2018-6358

The printDefineFont2 function (util/listfdb.c) in libming through 0.4.8 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted FDB file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th 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

Libming
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6358?: CVE-2018-6358 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-6358?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.