A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cloudwu PBC up to 2017-03-02 (Cloud Software). This vulnerability affects the function wiretype_decode of the file libpbc.a. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in libpbc.a in cloudwu PBC through 2017-03-02. A SEGV can occur in wiretype_decode in context.c.

The bug was discovered 07/24/2018. The weakness was published 07/30/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-14743 since 07/29/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-122321, VDB-122319, VDB-122318 and VDB-122317.

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