ubuntu-cve-2018-9988
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-04-10 19:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

ARM mbed TLS before 2.1.11, before 2.7.2, and before 2.8.0 has a buffer over-read in ssl_parse_server_key_exchange() that could cause a crash on invalid input.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libmbedcrypto0",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libmbedtls10",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libmbedx509-0",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "mbedtls",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mbedtls@2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.1.2-1",
        "2.2.0-1",
        "2.2.1-1",
        "2.2.1-2",
        "2.2.1-2ubuntu0.1",
        "2.2.1-2ubuntu0.2",
        "2.2.1-2ubuntu0.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "ARM mbed TLS before 2.1.11, before 2.7.2, and before 2.8.0 has a buffer over-read in ssl_parse_server_key_exchange() that could cause a crash on invalid input.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9988",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:36Z",
  "published": "2018-04-10T19:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9988"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/027f84c69f4ef30c0693832a6c396ef19e563ca1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/commit/a1098f81c252b317ad34ea978aea2bc47760b215"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/releases/mbedtls-2.8.0-2.7.2-and-2.1.11-released"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9988"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-9988"
  ]
}



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