Risk | High |
Patch available | NO |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-7435 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Debian Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Debian |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU37499
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7435
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the freexl::destroy_cell function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationCybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsDebian Linux: 7.0 - 9.0
CPE2.3http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547879
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/spatialite-users/b-d9iB5TDPE
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00000.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-44
http://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4129
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.