Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux - CVE-2018-7438

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Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux - CVE-2018-7438

Published: February 23, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37502
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7438
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The 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 parse_unicode_string function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Affected software

Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7438

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.


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