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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-17427

SIMDComp before 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) because it can read (and then discard) extra bytes.

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CVE-2018-17427
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31 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-17427

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2018, 08:29 UTC

SIMDComp before 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) because it can read (and then discard) extra bytes.

osv:CVE-2018-17427
Complete source record
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