UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8754

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8754
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8754.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8754
Upstream
Published
2018-03-18T03:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:48Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The libevtrecordvaluesreadevent() function in libevtrecordvalues.c in libevt before 2018-03-17 does not properly check for out-of-bounds values of user SID data size, strings size, or data size. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libevt issue 5 on GitHub

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libevt

Package

Name
libevt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libevt@20170120-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170120-2

Affected versions

Other

20170120-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "20170120-2",
            "binary_name": "libevt-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20170120-2",
            "binary_name": "libevt-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20170120-2",
            "binary_name": "libevt1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20170120-2",
            "binary_name": "python-libevt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20170120-2",
            "binary_name": "python3-libevt"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}