CVE-2018-1999023

HIGH 8.8CVE-2018-1999023 · Published 23/07/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1999023 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting the battle for wesnoth (wesnoth).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
the battle for wesnoth wesnoth	`≥ 1.7.0, ≤ 1.14.3`	No fix yet

Description

The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can result in code execution outside the sandbox. This attack appear to be exploitable via Loading specially-crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content.

References

gist.github.com/shikadiqueen/45951ddc981cf8e0d9a74e4b30400380 · Patch

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