NCBI ToolBox up to 2.0.7 nph-viewgif.cgi memory corruption

A vulnerability was found in NCBI ToolBox up to 2.0.7 and classified as critical. This issue affects a part of the file nph-viewgif.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Heap-based). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox.

The weakness was released 05/02/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-16717 since 09/08/2018. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/03/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 134320 and 134322.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Memory corruption / Heap-based (CWE-122)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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0-Day Time: ?09/08/2018 CVE assigned
05/02/2019 +236 days Advisory disclosed
05/03/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/03/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2018-16717 (?)
See also: ?Created: 05/03/2019 06:45 AM
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