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

EPSS: 0.013 (68.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Libming — versions 0.4.8
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.