CVE-2018-12097

Name	CVE-2018-12097
Description	DISPUTED The liblnk_location_information_read_data function in liblnk_location_information.c in liblnk through 2018-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted lnk file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/liblnk issue 33 on GitHub.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	low
Debian Bugs	901962

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
liblnk (PTS)	stretch	20170111-1	vulnerable
	buster	20181227-1	fixed
	bookworm, bullseye, sid	20181227-1.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
liblnk	source	(unstable)	20180626-1	unimportant		901962

Notes

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/33
https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/commit/cb7fe0c66a5a01c19f1953fc7814c4fedfdc5785
https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/issues/32
https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/issues/33
Questionable/negligabe security impact