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CVE-2018-5345

Publication date 11 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gcab 17.10 artful
Fixed 0.7-4ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.7-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gcab

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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