UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11723

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11723
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11723.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11723
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:37Z
Published
2018-06-19T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:37:48.991668Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

** DISPUTED ** The libpffnametoidmapentryread function in libpffnametoidmap.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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libpff

Package

Name
libpff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpff@20180714-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20180714-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpff-dev",
            "binary_version": "20180714-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpff1",
            "binary_version": "20180714-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpff1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20180714-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pff-tools",
            "binary_version": "20180714-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pff-tools-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20180714-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11723.json"