What is CVE-2018-7409?

CVE-2018-7409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Unixodbc, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-7409?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Unixodbc

CVE-2018-7409

In unixODBC before 2.3.5, there is a buffer overflow in the unicode_to_ansi_copy() function in DriverManager/__info.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.027 (84.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Unixodbc
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7409?: CVE-2018-7409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Unixodbc, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-7409?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.