CVE-2018-8754: 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…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.34%

27.0th percentile

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	libevt	< libevt 20180317-1 (bookworm)	libevt 20180317-1 (bookworm)
libevt_project	libevt	< 20180317	20180317
libevt_project	libevt	>= 0 < 20180317-1	20180317-1
libevt_project	libevt	>= 0 < 20180317-1	20180317-1
libevt_project	libevt	>= 0 < 20180317-1	20180317-1
libevt_project	libevt	>= 0 < 20180317-1	20180317-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

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