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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-14447

trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-14447

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jul 2018, 13:29 UTC

trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.

osv:CVE-2018-14447
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14447",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-14447",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:02.339203915Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00017.html",
        "https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues/109"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381175,
  "published_at": "2018-07-20T13:29:00.44+00:00"
}