CVE-2018-16717

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-05-02 20:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:53

NVD link : CVE-2018-16717

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16717

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16717

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nih

ncbi_toolbox

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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