CVE-2018-20547: libcaca project libcaca – CVSS 8.1 · Watchpost

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CVE-2018-20547

HIGH 8.1CVE-2018-20547 · Published 28/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-20547 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting libcaca (libcaca project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libcaca libcaca_project	`= 0.99`	No fix yet

Description

There is an illegal READ memory access at caca/dither.c (function get_rgba_default) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 24bpp data.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00033.html · Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00007.html · Mailing List
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WFGYICNTMNDNMDDUV4G2RYFB5HNJCOV
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PC7EGOEQ5C4OD66ZUJJIIYEXBTZOCMZX
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZSBCRN6EGQJUVOSD4OEEQ6XORHEM2CUL
usn.ubuntu.com/3860-1 · Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3860-2 · Third Party Advisory

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