CVE-2018-7485

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2018-7485 · Published 26/02/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-7485 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting unixodbc (unixodbc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.0%, higher than 87.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
unixodbc unixodbc	`= 2.3.5`	No fix yet

Description

The SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c in unixODBC 2.3.5 has strncpy arguments in the wrong order, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/103193 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2336
lurcher/unixODBC commit 45ef78e · Patch

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