CVE-2018-1000523 is an improper input validation vulnerability (CWE-20) in topydo, specifically within the ListFormatParser::parse function, which can lead to injection of arbitrary bytes, including terminal escape codes. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) requires user interaction, as the victim must open a specially crafted todo.txt file. While the potential impact includes high integrity and availability compromise, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:topydo:topydo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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