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CVE-2018-5698

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5698 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in libreadstat.a within WizardMac ReadStat 0.1.1, triggered by an unterminated string. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) could lead to significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts if an attacker can trick a user into processing a malicious file. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wizardmac:readstat:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / WizardMac/ReadStat/issues/108
ExploitThird Party Advisory