SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1000523

topydo contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ListFormatParser::parse, file topydo/lib/ListFormat.py line 292 as of d4f843dac71308b2f29a7c2cdc76f055c3841523 that can result in Injection of arbitrary bytes to the terminal,…

HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

topydo contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ListFormatParser::parse, file topydo/lib/ListFormat.py line 292 as of d4f843dac71308b2f29a7c2cdc76f055c3841523 that can result in Injection of arbitrary bytes to the terminal, including terminal escape code sequences. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must open a todo.txt with at least one specially crafted line..

CVSS 3.0
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.17% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
topydo/topydo
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.