CVE-2018-20451

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20451
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-25 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-06 17:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe process_file function in reader.c in libdoc through 2017-10-23 has a heap-based buffer over-read that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libdoc Project Libdoc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
A heap-buffer-overflow in reader.c:203 process_file · Issue #2 · uvoteam/libdoc · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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