CVE-2018-11498

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 (the prior release, before the product was renamed), there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the Lizard_decompress_LIZv1 function (lib/lizard_decompress_liz.h). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file, as well as achieve remote code execution.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-11498
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-26T20:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-07-05T14:52:52
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:lizard_project:lizard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lizard_project:lz5:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/inikep/lizard/issues/16 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11498
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11498
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:41:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:41:09 2018-05-26T20:29Z 2018-05-26T20:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:41:09 2018-07-05T14:52:52 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:41:09 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated