Integer overflow in uriparser - CVE-2018-19199
Published: November 14, 2018 / Updated: November 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15909
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19199
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: uriparser
Affected software:
uriparser
uriparser
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the uriComposeQuery*and uriComposeQueryEx* functions, as defined in the UriQuery.c source code file. A local attacker can send a specially request that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption to cause a DoS condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19199
Update to version 0.9.