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Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2018-16982

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Open Chinese Convert (OpenCC) allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (segmentation fault) because "BinaryDict::NewFromFile" in "BinaryDict.cpp" may have Out-of-Oounds "keyOffset" and "valueOffset" values via a crafted ".ocd" file. This issue affects opencc versions prior to 1.1.2.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Out-of-bounds read is a vulnerability that allows access to memory beyond the authorized accessible location. Such a vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the trusted environment in the application and enables an attacker to launch further attacks by leveraging the exposed information.

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  • Published