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CVE-2018-15161

N/A
Published: September 1, 2018 at 03:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibesedb

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The libesedb_key_append_data function in libesedb_key.c in libesedb through 2018-04-01 allows remote attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted esedb file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue comments

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Libesedb· Libesedb Project
95%
v ≤ 2018-04-01

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libyal/libesedb/issues/43

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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