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CVE-2018-19208 json

In libwpd 0.10.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will l…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10917

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In libwpd 0.10.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will lead to a denial of service attack. This is related to WPXTable.h.

Patch / fix

  • libwpd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.10.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19208

  • libwpd RHEL 7 0.10.0-2.el7
  • libwpd-tools RHEL 7 0.10.0-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2126

  • libwpd SLED 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 +3 more 0.10.2-2.7.1
  • libwpd SLE Workstation Extension 15 0.10.2-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3812-2SUSE-SU-2018:3870-1SUSE-SU-2018:3812-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-19208 updated cvss 3.3

libwpd: NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libwpd Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libwpd, libwpd-tools
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libwpd 0.10.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libwpd-tools 0.10.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libwpd 0.10.0-2.el7, libwpd-tools 0.10.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libwpd 0.10.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libwpd 0.10.0-2.el7, libwpd-tools 0.10.0-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libwpd 0.10.0-2.el7
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libwpd-tools 0.10.0-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2126
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libwpd
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643752 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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