debian · CVE-2018-12096

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:46:17 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-12096 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (liblnk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The liblnk_data_string_get_utf8_string_size function in liblnk_data_string.c in liblnk through 2018-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted lnk file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/liblnk issue 33 on GitHub

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