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CVE-2018-5345

Published: 11 January 2018

A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.

Priority

High

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
gcab
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (0.7-4ubuntu0.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (0.7-7)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (0.7-1ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gcab/commit/?id=bd2abee5f0a9b5cbe3a1ab1f338c4fb8f6ca797b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H