6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-20340
Yubico YubiKey Unchecked Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Yubico libu2f-host 1.1.6 contains unchecked buffers in devs.c, which could enable a malicious token to exploit a buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to attempt to execute malicious code using a crafted USB device masquerading as a security token on a computer where the affected library is currently in use. It is not possible to perform this attack with a genuine YubiKey.

INFO

Published Date :

March 21, 2019, 4 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 5, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

0.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20340 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Yubico libu2f-host
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-20340.

URL Resource
https://blog.inhq.net/posts/yubico-libu2f-host-vuln-part1/
https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Feb/23 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-15
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4389 Third Party Advisory
https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2019-01/ Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20340 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20340 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-15 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.inhq.net/posts/yubico-libu2f-host-vuln-part1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4389 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4389 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Feb/23 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Feb/23 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html No Types Assigned https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2019-01/ No Types Assigned https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2019-01/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:yubico:libu2f-host:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.19 }} 0.04%

score

0.55787

percentile

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