PT-2018-11009 · Libyal · Liblnk

Published 2018-06-19 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2018-12096

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions liblnk versions through 2018-04-19

Description The issue is related to the liblnk data string get utf8 string size function in liblnk data string.c, which allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure via a crafted lnk file. This is a heap-based buffer over-read issue. The vendor has disputed this issue, as described in libyal/liblnk issue 33 on GitHub.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12096

Affected Products

Liblnk

References · 9

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12096 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12096 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12096 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/33 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89150 · Telegram Post