Code injection in The Battle for Wesnoth - CVE-2018-1999023
Published: July 25, 2018 / Updated: July 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14013
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1999023
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The Battle for Wesnoth Project
Affected software:
The Battle for Wesnoth
The Battle for Wesnoth
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a code injection in the Lua scripting engine. A remote unauthenticated attacker can load a specially crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1999023
Update to version 1.14.4.