CVE-2018-21027 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-memory (OOM) condition because malloc is mishandled.

Published: 2019-10-11

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13549	Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-memory (OOM) condition because malloc is mishandled.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02369.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/gpg/boa/pull/1
https://github.com/gpg/boa/pull/1/commits/e139b87835994d007fbd64eead6c1455d7b8cf4e

History

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Subscriptions

Boa Boa

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-11T19:28:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.379Z

Reserved: 2019-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21027

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-11T20:15:16.783

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:53:59.137

Link: CVE-2018-21027

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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