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high 8.8

CVE-2018-1999023 json

The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can re…

published 2018-07-23 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-10717

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can result in code execution outside the sandbox. This attack appear to be exploitable via Loading specially-crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content.

Patch / fix

  • wesnoth-1.14 Debian 11 1:1.14.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1999023

  • wesnoth-1.12 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:1.12.6-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999023

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wesnoth openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.15.17-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11509-1

  • ceph Azure Linux 3.0 18.2.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-38656

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • wesnoth Arch Linux 1.14.4-1

arch linux advisories AVG-741

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-2018-1999023 updated cvss 8.1

wesnoth: arbitrary code execution/sandbox escape

  • 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

1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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