| Name | CVE-2018-8754 |
| Description | 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 |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4160-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 893431 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libevt (PTS) | buster | 20181227-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bullseye | 20200926-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 20200926-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/libyal/libevt/commit/444ca3ce7853538c577e0ec3f6146d2d65780734
Impact limited to OOB read, not write