CVE-2018-15161 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The libesedb_key_append_data function in libesedb_key.c in libesedb through 2018-04-01 allows remote attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted esedb file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue comments

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00388.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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:libesedb_project:libesedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Libesedb Project Subscribe	Libesedb Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/libyal/libesedb/issues/43

History

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-09-01T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.460Z

Reserved: 2018-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15161

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.460Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-01T03:29:02.617

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:50:26.737

Link: CVE-2018-15161

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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