CVE-2018-16717 : A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox.

Published 2019-05-02 20:29:00

Updated 2020-08-24 17:37:01

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption

Products affected by CVE-2018-16717

NIH » Ncbi Toolbox
Versions from including (>=) 2.0.7 and up to, including, (<=) 2.2.26
cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.46%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 61 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	10.0	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md

CVE/CVE-2018-16717.md at master · grymer/CVE · GitHub
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