CVE-2018-8754

Published: Mar 18, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The libevt_record_values_read_event() function in libevt_record_values.c in libevt before 2018-03-17 does not properly check for out-of-bounds values of user SID data size, strings size, or data size. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libevt issue 5 on GitHub

Affected (2)

Products: Libevt Project: Libevt · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libevt Project Libevt	Before 20180317

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

https://github.com/libyal/libevt/commit/9d2cc3ca0a1612a6b271abcacffc2e3eea42925e

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4160

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/libyal/libevt/commit/9d2cc3ca0a1612a6b271abcacffc2e3eea42925e

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4160

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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