VDB-122741 · CVE-2018-0429 · BID 105059

Cisco Thor Decoder input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Thor Decoder and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-0429. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Thor Decoder (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Cisco Thor decoder before commit 18de8f9f0762c3a542b1122589edb8af859d9813 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted non-conformant Thor bitstream.

The bug was discovered 07/30/2018. The weakness was released 08/09/2018 with Cisco (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0429 since 11/26/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying the patch 18de8f9f0762c3a542b1122589edb8af859d9813 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105059†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 18de8f9f0762c3a542b1122589edb8af859d9813

Timelineinfo

11/26/2017 🔍
07/30/2018 +245 days 🔍
08/09/2018 +9 days 🔍
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08/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
08/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/01/2023 +1725 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 18de8f9f0762c3a542b1122589edb8af859d9813
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-0429 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122741
SecurityFocus: 105059 - Cisco Thor Decoder CVE-2018-0429 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2018 07:20
Updated: 05/01/2023 10:35
Changes: 08/10/2018 07:20 (57), 03/14/2020 09:58 (5), 05/01/2023 10:35 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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