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Case File

CVE-2018-7871

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.72% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-7871
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.72%

Original Filing — NVD Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the getName function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.