CVE-2018-20547 describes an illegal memory read vulnerability in libcaca 0.99.beta19, specifically within the get_rgba_default function when processing 24bpp data. This flaw affects various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a critical risk. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high confidentiality impact and high availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low profile in the threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.99CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libcaca_project:libcaca:0.99:beta19:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.