CVE-2018-12918 describes a critical segmentation fault vulnerability in the libpbc.a library, specifically within the _pbcB_register_fields function in bootstrap.c, affecting PBC through version 2017-03-02. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2017-03-02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pbc_project:pbc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.