CVE catalog
CVE-2018-7438
freexl: CVE-2018-7438
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.05% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in FreeXL before 1.0.5. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the parse_unicode_string function.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | freexl | sid | 2.0.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | freexl | forky | 2.0.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | freexl | trixie | 2.0.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | freexl | bookworm | 1.0.6-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0d-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0f-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0f-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0g-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 14.04 | 1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 16.04 | 1.0.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | freexl | 16.04 | 1.0.2-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | freexl | source | sid | 1.0.5-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | freexl | source | forky | 1.0.5-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | freexl | source | trixie | 1.0.5-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | freexl | source | bookworm | 1.0.5-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | freexl | deb | 14.04 | 1.0.0g-1ubuntu0.14.04.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7438 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | freexl | deb | 16.04 | 1.0.2-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7438 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libfreexl1]Fixed
Source package: [freexl]
Details (2)
1.0.6-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · bookworm; dsa · freexl · debian · 12
1.0.6-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · bookworm; dsa · freexl · debian · 12
- [libfreexl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [freexl]
Details (2)
1.0.6-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · bookworm; dsa · freexl · debian · 12
1.0.6-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · bookworm; dsa · freexl · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libfreexl1]Fixed
Source package: [freexl]
Details (2)
2.0.0-1+b3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · 13
2.0.0-1+b3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · 13
- [libfreexl-dev]Fixed
Source package: [freexl]
Details (2)
2.0.0-1+b3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · 13
2.0.0-1+b3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.5-1dsa · freexl · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2018_0569-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7438]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7438]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7438]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]