Critical
Security advisory
md4c before 0.2.5 has a heap-based buffer overflow because md_split_simple_pairing_mark mishandles splits.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11536
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
md4c before 0.2.5 has a heap-based buffer overflow because md_split_simple_pairing_mark mishandles splits.
osv:CVE-2018-11536
Complete source record
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