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CVE-2018-20451

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-12-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The process_file function in reader.c in libdoc through 2017-10-23 has a heap-based buffer over-read that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Libdoc Project Libdoc: through 2017-10-23

References

• https://github.com/uvoteam/libdoc/issues/2
• https://github.com/uvoteam/libdoc/issues/2

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