CVE-2018-10771 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-10771?

CVE-2018-10771 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_key function in parse.c in abcm2ps through 8.13.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10771?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Moinejf Abcm2ps.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10771?

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-2018-10771 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10771 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10771, GHSA-4v6g-m96g-x25q, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10771.