PT-2018-15422 · Libxsmm · Libxsmm

Published 2018-12-28 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-20541

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 LIBXSMM version 1.10

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the libxsmm sparse csc reader function at generator spgemm csc reader.c. This issue is distinct from other vulnerabilities and occurs at specific addresses within the source code.

Recommendations For LIBXSMM version 1.10, consider applying a patch or fix to address the heap-based buffer overflow in the libxsmm sparse csc reader function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20541

Affected Products

Libxsmm

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/hfp/libxsmm/issues/287 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652632 · Exploit
• https://github.com/hfp/libxsmm/commit/151481489192e6d1997f8bde52c5c425ea41741d · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20541 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20541 · Vendor Advisory