PT-2018-17095 · Wizardmac+1 · Readstat+2

Evan Miller · Published 2018-01-14 · Updated 2023-10-05 · CVE-2018-5698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: haven R package (affected versions not specified) libreadstat.a in WizardMac ReadStat version 0.1.1

Description: The issue is related to multiple problems in the underlying ReadStat library of the haven R package, including an infinite loop condition, a memory leak associated with an iconv open call, and a heap-based buffer over-read via an unterminated string. This could lead to Denial of Service or other undefined behaviors.

Recommendations: For libreadstat.a in WizardMac ReadStat version 0.1.1, update to a version that addresses the heap-based buffer over-read issue. For the haven R package, consider restricting the use of the ReadStat library until a patch is available that fixes the infinite loop condition, memory leak, and heap-based buffer over-read.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5698

RSEC-2023-5

Affected Products

Readstat

Haven R Package

Libreadstat.A

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/WizardMac/ReadStat/issues/108 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11364 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RSEC-2023-5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5698 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5698 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WizardMac/ReadStat/commit/79793dba3b665ff037ca60140441a6679a8971cf · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=899335 · Note