CVE-2018-11225 — The dcputs function in decompile.c in libming through 0.4.8 mishandles cases where the header indicates a file size greater than the actual size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact

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HIGH

The dcputs function in decompile.c in libming through 0.4.8 mishandles cases where the header indicates a file size greater than the actual size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact

Published May 17, 2018

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.92%

Description

The dcputs function in decompile.c in libming through 0.4.8 mishandles cases where the header indicates a file size greater than the actual size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.92% 0.01922

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01922

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.92% (0.01922)	79.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2026	2.02% (0.02018)	79.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.24% (0.00238)	62.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.24% (0.00238)	61.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.21% (0.00211)	58.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.19% (0.00193)	55.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 8, 2023	0.32% (0.00324)	67.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.29% (0.00295)	65.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.30% (0.00303)	64.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.98% (0.00976)	26.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.98% (0.00976)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gTd44AjxkCNkoDDh28NwiSeLDa5poBYROEoLEG4JVCA/edit
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/143
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gTd44AjxkCNkoDDh28NwiSeLDa5poBYROEoLEG4JVCA/edit		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/143		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 17, 2018

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved May 16, 2018

Link CVE-2018-11225

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-11225

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-11225