UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5345

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5345

    Published: 11 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5345
    Aliases:
    USN-3546-1

    Summary:

    Details: A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5345, https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2018/01/23/gcab-and-cve-2018-5345/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3546-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5345

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gcab

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.7-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.6-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High