CVE-2018-14447 — trim_whitespace in lexer

trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.

01What is this vulnerability?

trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-07-20T13:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.637Z

09References

• hac425.unaux.com — http://hac425.unaux.com/index.php/archives/64/
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00017.html
• github.com — https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues/109