Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-15161
CVE-2018-15161
Description
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
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References
1- github.com/libyal/libesedb/issues/43nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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