CVE-2018-12422
addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes this because "the code had computed the required string length first, and then allocated a large-enough buffer on the heap.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.84% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnome/evolution
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796174Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/34bad6173Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796174Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/34bad6173Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.