CVE-2018-11364 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in the ReadStat library allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive memory consumption during file parsing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-11364?
CVE-2018-11364 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
sav_parse_machine_integer_info_record in spss/readstat_sav_read.c in libreadstat.a in ReadStat 0.1.1 has a memory leak related to an iconv_open call.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11364?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wizardmac Readstat.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11364?
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-2018-11364 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11364 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11364, GHSA-m2ww-w53c-cm92, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11364.