What is CVE-2018-7487?

CVE-2018-7487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sam2p Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-7487?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Sam2p Project

CVE-2018-7487

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the LoadPCX function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-02-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sam2p Project — versions 0.49.4
Debian Linux — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/18 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7487?: CVE-2018-7487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sam2p Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-7487?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.