Denial of Service Vulnerability in Open Chinese Convert by BYVoid
CVE-2018-16982

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Byvoid

Status
Open Chinese Convert
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 September 2018

What is CVE-2018-16982?

The Open Chinese Convert (OpenCC) version 1.0.5 is susceptible to a denial of service condition triggered by malformed .ocd files. Specifically, a flaw in the BinaryDict::NewFromFile function might lead to segmentation faults due to improperly validated keyOffset and valueOffset values. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to crash the application, interrupting service and impacting user experience.

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References

https://github.com/BYVoid/OpenCC/issues/303
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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