VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7487
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the LoadPCX function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.22%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the LoadPCX function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.22% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- sam2p project/sam2p · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% 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
- https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/18Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pts/sam2p/issues/18Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.