VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-17333
A stack-based buffer overflow in svgStringToLength in svg_types.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because sscanf is misused.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in libsvg2 through 2012-10-19. A stack-based buffer overflow in svgStringToLength in svg_types.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because sscanf is misused.
- 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
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- libsvg2 project/libsvg2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/agambier/libsvg2/issues/4Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/agambier/libsvg2/issues/4Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.