CVE-2018-20545

caca-utils: There is an illegal WRITE memory access at common-image.c (function load_image) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 4bpp data.

CVE-2018-20545 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by caca-utils 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1, released December 27, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0239
84th percentile

There is an illegal WRITE memory access at common-image.c (function load_image) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 4bpp data.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
caca-utils · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 caca-utils 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 Dec 27, 2018
libcaca0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 Dec 27, 2018

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