PT-2018-15202 · Battle For Wesnoth · The Battle For Wesnoth

Published 2018-07-23 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-1999023

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Battle for Wesnoth Project versions 1.7.0 through 1.14.3

Description The issue concerns a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine, which can lead to code execution outside the sandbox. This can be exploited by loading specially-crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content.

Recommendations For versions 1.7.0 through 1.14.3, consider disabling the Lua scripting engine as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to loading saved games, networked games, replays, and player content from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

AZL-38656

CVE-2018-1999023

MGASA-2018-0325

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11509-1

Affected Products

The Battle For Wesnoth

References · 16

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999023 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1999023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-38656 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0325 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0325.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1999023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gist.github.com/shikadiqueen/45951ddc981cf8e0d9a74e4b30400380 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1999023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1999023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11509-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1999023 · Security Note
• https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blob/1.14.4/changelog.md · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23338 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1999023 · Note