CVE-2018-15159: Libesedb Project Libesedb

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The libesedb_page_read_tags function in libesedb_page.c in libesedb through 2018-04-01 allows remote attackers to cause a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted esedb file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue comments

Affected products

• Libesedb Project Libesedb: up to and including 2018-04-01

Published 2018-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.