UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12096

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12096
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12096.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12096
Upstream
Published
2018-06-19T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:03Z
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

The liblnkdatastringgetutf8stringsize function in liblnkdatastring.c in liblnk through 2018-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted lnk file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/liblnk issue 33 on GitHub

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / liblnk

Package

Name
liblnk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblnk@20160107-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20150617-2
20150830-1
20151205-1
20160107-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblnk-dev",
            "binary_version": "20160107-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblnk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20160107-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblnk1",
            "binary_version": "20160107-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-liblnk",
            "binary_version": "20160107-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12096.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / liblnk

Package

Name
liblnk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblnk@20171101-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
20170111-1build1
20171101-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblnk-dev",
            "binary_version": "20171101-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblnk-utils",
            "binary_version": "20171101-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblnk1",
            "binary_version": "20171101-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-liblnk",
            "binary_version": "20171101-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-liblnk",
            "binary_version": "20171101-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12096.json"