Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11723 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Libpff Project Libpff 20161119/20180428
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The libpff_name_to_id_map_entry_read function in libpff_name_to_id_map.c in libyal libpff through 2018-04-28 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pff file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libpff issue 66 on GitHub
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Statements
| contributor | Joachim Metz |
| lastmodified | 2018-08-10 |
| organization | libpff |
| statement | For more information please visit https://github.com/libyal/libpff/issues/66. |