An issue was discovered in Bitdefender Engines before 7.76675.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Bitdefender Engines before 7.76675. A vulnerability has been discovered in the rar.xmd parser that results from a lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. Paired with other vulnerabilities, this can result in denial-of-service. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:scan_engines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 7.76675 | Vulnerable | Bitdefender |
- cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:scan_engines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.76675 Vulnerable ·Bitdefender
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-18059
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wg44-x9gh-5r62
References
More Bitdefender Scan Engines vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-12835 An issue was discovered in Bitdefender Engines before 7.76808. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2018-12833 An issue was discovered in Bitdefender Engines before 7.76662. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2018-18059 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-18059 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wg44-x9gh-5r62 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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