CVE-2018-19353 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted file due to an out-of-bounds read in libansilove.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-19353?
CVE-2018-19353 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Nov 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
The ansilove_ansi function in loaders/ansi.c in libansilove 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19353?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ansilove Libansilove.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19353?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-19353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2018-19353 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19353 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p96p-g4pw-m95p.