CVE-2018-4012

State
Published
Severity
9.0 Critical
Published
Jan 3, 2019
Updated
Aug 5, 2024
Reserved
Jan 2, 2018

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Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HTTP header-parsing function of the Webroot BrightCloud SDK. The function bc_http_read_header incorrectly handles overlong headers, leading to arbitrary code execution. An unauthenticated attacker could impersonate a remote BrightCloud server to trigger this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.09.0 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Htalos

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Webrootn/a
  • Webroot BrightCloud SDKAffected

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