Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-5345

Title: Gnome Gcab RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-5345.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Jan 12, 2018

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-5345: A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0350 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527296 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3546-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0350 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527296 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3546-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-5345 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 12, 2018 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.