CVE-2017-12618

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) 1.6.0 and prior fail to validate the integrity of SDBM database files used by apr_sdbm*() functions, resulting in a possible out of bound read access. A local user with write access to the database can make a program or process using these functions crash, and cause a denial of service.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Portable Runtime: 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6 (+53)

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-dev/201710.mbox/%3CCACsi252POs4toeJJciwg09_eu2cO3XFg%3DUqsPjXsfjDoeC3-UQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101558
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00006.html
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-dev/201710.mbox/%3CCACsi252POs4toeJJciwg09_eu2cO3XFg%3DUqsPjXsfjDoeC3-UQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101558
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00006.html

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