UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15159
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159
Withdrawn
2025-06-23T15:53:14Z
Published
2018-09-01T03:29:00Z
Modified
2018-09-01T03:29:00Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

** DISPUTED ** The libesedbpagereadtags function in libesedbpage.c in libesedb through 2018-04-01 allows remote attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted esedb file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue comments.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libesedb

Package

Name
libesedb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libesedb

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
20150409-2
20151205-1
20151213-1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / libesedb

Package

Name
libesedb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libesedb

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
20170121-2
20170121-3
20170121-4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libesedb

Package

Name
libesedb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libesedb

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

Other
20181229-3
20181229-3ubuntu1
20181229-3ubuntu2
20181229-3.*
20181229-3.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libesedb

Package

Name
libesedb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libesedb

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

20181229-3.*
20181229-3.1build1
20181229-3.1build2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libesedb

Package

Name
libesedb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libesedb

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

20181229-3.*
20181229-3.1build3
20181229-3.1build4
20181229-3.2
20181229-3.2build1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15159.json"