CVE-2018-14447

Publication date 20 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that confuse performs an out-of-bounds read operation.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
confuse 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.2.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.7-5+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.7-5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
confuse

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H