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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20545

There is an illegal WRITE memory access at common-image.c (function load_image) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 4bpp data.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.39%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is an illegal WRITE memory access at common-image.c (function load_image) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 4bpp data.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.39% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
libcaca project/libcaca · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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