CVE-2018-10774 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a read access violation in the bibutils library, affecting applications using this component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-10774?
CVE-2018-10774 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Read access violation in the isiin_keyword function in isiin.c in libbibutils.a in bibutils through 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by isi2xml.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10774?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bibutils Project Bibutils.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10774?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-10774 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10774 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10774, GHSA-2jwc-cq89-gvr8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10774.