CVE-2018-10243 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-10243?

CVE-2018-10243 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

htp_parse_authorization_digest in htp_parsers.c in LibHTP 0.5.26 allows remote attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via an authorization digest header.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10243?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oisf Libhtp.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10243?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-10243 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10243 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2025-53537 LibHTP's memory leak with lzma can lead to resource starvation High 7.5
• CVE-2024-45797 LibHTP's unbounded header handling leads to denial service High 7.5
• CVE-2024-28871 Excessive CPU used on malformed traffic High 7.5
• CVE-2015-0928 Null dereference in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2019-17420 Security feature bypass in n/a Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10243, GHSA-8g6p-jgrc-8jmf, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10243.