CVE-2018-19208

Exp

In libwpd 0.10.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will lead to a denial of service attack. This is related to WPXTable.h.

Published: 2018-11-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2018-19208 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-19208

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-19208

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.24% 0.41% +0.17%
2 2025-11-18 0.40% 0.24% -0.17%
3 2025-06-19 — 0.40% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-19208

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-19208

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-19208

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2018-19208 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libwpd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19208
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19208
suse medium CVE-2018-19208 severity moderate: SUSE including 20 source package names (libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7, libwpd-0_10-10-0.10.2-2.7.1, …), 83 product×package rows across 35 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS, … (35 product lines)): Fixed 83. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19208/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-19208 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libwpd), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 14, needed 2, DNE 1, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-19208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libwpd_project libwpd 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:libwpd_project:libwpd:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-19208

URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2126 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643752 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence