CVE-2018-20618 is a high-severity heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability (CWE-125) affecting the ok-file-formats project, specifically within the ok_mo_decode2 function in ok_mo.c. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8, allows for remote exploitation with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into interacting with a malicious file. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2018-10-16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ok-file-formats_project:ok-file-formats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.