CVE-2018-7553 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-7553?

CVE-2018-7553 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the pcxLoadRaster function of in_pcx.cpp in sam2p 0.49.4. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7553?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Sam2p Project Sam2p.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7553?

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-2018-7553 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7553 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 GHSA-pwc4-5m3j-mf5r, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7553.