CVE-2018-8754 (NVD)

2018-03-18

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

Products Debian_linux, Libevt
Type Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Patches https://github.com/libyal/libevt/commit/9d2cc3ca0a1612a6b271abcacffc2e3eea42925e
Links https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4160