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CVE-2018-16140

Date: August 29, 2018

A buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() (read.c) in fig2dev 3.2.7a allows an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via a crafted .fig file.

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16140

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16140

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16140

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3760-1/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16140

Url: https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/28/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00018.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16140

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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