CVE-2018-12422

evolution-data-server: Unsafe use of strcat allows buffer overflow in addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c

Published Jun 15, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes this because "the code had computed the required string length first, and then allocated a large-enough buffer on the heap.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:38 AM
Reserved
Jun 14, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 15, 2018, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:37 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 16, 2018, 12:00 AM