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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-10771 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_key function in parse.c in abcm2ps through 8.13.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…

published 2018-05-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2841

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_key function in parse.c in abcm2ps through 8.13.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • abcm2ps Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.14.2-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10771

  • abcm2ps Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 7.8.9-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
  • abcm2ps Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7.8.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10771

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10771 updated cvss 5.3

abcm2ps: Stack-based buffer overflow in parse.c:get_key() allows for denial of service

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HE9cht7WJPauA66acyJrEywXX8R4Hg-2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/leesavide/abcm2ps/issues/17 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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