Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2018-8754

The libevt_record_values_read_event() function in libevt_record_values.c in libevt before 2018-03-17 does not properly check for out-of-bounds values of user SID data size, strings size, or data size. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libevt issue 5 on GitHub

  • Published: Mar 18, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-8754
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
libevt_project / libevt - 20180317
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x