CVE-2018-20430
libextractor - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.57%
Description
GNU Libextractor through 1.8 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the function history_extract() in plugins/ole2_extractor.c, related to EXTRACTOR_common_convert_to_utf8 in common/convert.c.
How to fix CVE-2018-20430
To remediate CVE-2018-20430, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libextractor—upgrade to 1:1.8-2 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.3-2+deb8u4 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.3-4+deb9u3 or later
Is CVE-2018-20430 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1:1.8-2
- from 0, < 1:1.3-2+deb8u4
- from 0, < 1:1.3-4+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |