What is CVE-2018-7877?

CVE-2018-7877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-7877?

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

Buffer overflow in Libming

CVE-2018-7877

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for DOUBLE data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libming — versions 0.4.8
Debian Linux — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/libming/libming/issues/110 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7877?: CVE-2018-7877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-7877?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.