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ubuntu-cve-2018-0499

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-07-02 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0499	REPORT
	https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss…	REPORT
	https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3709-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0499	REPORT

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CVE-2018-0499 (GCVE-0-2018-0499)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-02 12:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:28

Summary

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

debian

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6	Affected: Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6

Date Public

2018-07-02 00:00

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usn-3709-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-07-10 14:05

Modified

2026-04-22 07:36

Summary

xapian-core vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that Xapian-core incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3709-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0499	REPORT

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                },
                {
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        "1.4.5-1"
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2018-0499

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2018-0499 (GCVE-0-2018-0499)

usn-3709-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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