Out-of-bounds read in opencc - CVE-2018-16982

Vulnerability identifier: #VU122272

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16982

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the BinaryDict::NewFromFile() function in BinaryDict.cpp. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

opencc
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
opencc-debuginfo
opencc-devel
libopencc2
opencc
opencc-data
libopencc2-debuginfo
opencc-debugsource

Install updates from vendor's website.

opencc - update to 1.0.6
opencc-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.0.3-5.3.1, 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1
opencc-devel - addressed in versions 1.0.3-5.3.1, 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1
libopencc2 - addressed in versions 1.0.3-5.3.1, 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1
opencc - addressed in versions 1.0.3-5.3.1, 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1
opencc-data - addressed in versions 1.0.3-5.3.1, 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1
libopencc2-debuginfo - update to 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1
opencc-debugsource - update to 1.0.5-150000.5.3.1

• https://github.com/BYVoid/OpenCC/issues/303

• Information disclosure in BYVoid OpenCC
• SUSE update for opencc
• SUSE update for opencc