CVE-2018-5345

HIGH

GNOME gcab <0.7.4 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0350
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3546-1/
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527296
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0099
EPSS Percentile 77.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (15)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
gnome/gcab < 0.7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
... and 5 more
Published Jan 12, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026