CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FreeXL up to 1.0.4. Affected by this issue is the function parse_SST
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
An issue was discovered in FreeXL before 1.0.5. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in a memcpy call of the parse_SST function.
The bug was discovered 02/22/2018. The weakness was published 02/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-7437 since 02/23/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 107113 (openSUSE Security Update : freexl (openSUSE-2018-217)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176311 (Debian Security Update for freexl (DSA 4129-1)).
Upgrading to version 1.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (107113).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 107113
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : freexl (openSUSE-2018-217)
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OpenVAS ID: 866348
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for freexl openSUSE-SU-2018:0570-1 (freexl)
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Upgrade: FreeXL 1.0.5
Timeline
02/22/2018 🔍02/23/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: DLA 1297-1Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-7437 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 02/24/2018 12:31Updated: 02/10/2023 08:21
Changes: 02/24/2018 12:31 (74), 01/08/2020 12:04 (2), 02/10/2023 08:21 (4)
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