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CVE-2018-16717 Details

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nih ncbi toolbox
>= 2.0.7, <= 2.2.26

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:nih:ncbi_toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16717
NVD Published Date:
May 2, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]