CVE-2018-12578 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in sam2p 0.49.4, specifically within the bmp_compress1_row function in appliers.cpp. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, potentially leading to a denial of service or other severe impacts like arbitrary code execution. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.49.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sam2p_project:sam2p:0.49.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.