Out-of-bounds read in LibSass - CVE-2018-11697
Published: May 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76607
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11697
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in the function Sass::Prelexer::exactly(). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service.
Affected software
LibSass
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
IBM Security Verify Information Queue
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
IBM Security Verify Information Queue
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11697
Install updates from vendor's website.
LibSass - update to 3.5.5
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 2.6.0
IBM Security Verify Information Queue - update to 10.0.0
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 2.6.0
IBM Security Verify Information Queue - update to 10.0.0