CVE-2018-20430
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.24% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- gnu/libextractor · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5493Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=b405d707b36e0654900cba78e89f49779efea110Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106300Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gnunet.org/bugs/view.php?id=5493Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/commit/?id=b405d707b36e0654900cba78e89f49779efea110Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gnunet.org/git/libextractor.git/tree/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.