CVE-2018-14743 Null dereference in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-14743 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-14743 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14743 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14743/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14743/index.md)
A segmentation fault in the PBC library's wiretype_decode function allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-14743?
CVE-2018-14743 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in libpbc.a in cloudwu PBC through 2017-03-02. A SEGV can occur in wiretype_decode in context.c.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14743?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pbc Project Pbc.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14743?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14743 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-14743 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14743 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pmhw-4822-4j57.