What is CVE-2018-8806?

CVE-2018-8806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-8806?

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

Is CVE-2018-8806 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Libming

CVE-2018-8806

In libming 0.4.8, there is a use-after-free in the decompileArithmeticOp function of decompile.c. Remote attackers could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted swf file.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.015 (71.4th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8806?: CVE-2018-8806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-8806?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-8806 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.