CVE-2018-11697
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-06-04
- WeaknessCWE-125
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Description
An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function Sass::Prelexer::exactly() which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-06-0406:29CVE publishedNVD
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | ≤ 3.5.4 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- libsassUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 3.4.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- libsassDebian:14all versions · fixed in 3.6.3-1
- libsassDebian:13all versions · fixed in 3.6.3-1
- libsassDebian:12all versions · fixed in 3.6.3-1
Vendor advisories
- CVE-2018-11697 Red Hat Product Security
libsass: Heap buffer over-read in Sass::Prelexer::exactly in lexer.hpp
Fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- PoC-in-GitHubno public repository identifiedread 2026-11-08
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.08.1read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.05.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-125read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-11-08
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—
Identifiers
- EUVD-2018-3716same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-7mp7-9qpg-63p9same flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
- USN-4837-1advisory covering several CVEsUbuntu
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2018-06-04
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-7mp7-9qpg-63p9
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-7mp7-9qpg-63p9
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served
- Red Hat Product Security (CSAF and VEX) · CC-BY-4.0