Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-17043
Potential exploit
An issue has been found in doc2txt through 2014-03-19. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function Storage::init in Storage.cpp, called from parse_doc in parse_doc.cpp.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2018-17043
- cpe:2.3:a:doc2txt_project:doc2txt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17043
0.21%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 42 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-17043
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST | |
7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-17043
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-17043
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https://github.com/tsfn/doc2txt/issues/1
Heap Buffer Overflow in Function Storage::init · Issue #1 · tsfn/doc2txt · GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/grandnew/software-vulnerabilities/tree/master/doc2txt#heap-buffer-overflow-in-function-storageinit
software-vulnerabilities/doc2txt at master · grandnew/software-vulnerabilities · GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
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