vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-1999023)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 23, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 23, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
"The Battle for Wesnoth", which allows arbitrary code execution by exploiting a vulnerability within the Lua scripting language engine which allows escaping existing sandbox measures in place and executing untrusted bytecode
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-199902
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-199902
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-10717
- https://gist.github.com/shikadiqueen/45951ddc981cf8e0d9a74e4b30400380
- https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=153227302330837&w=2
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201807-15
- CWE-94
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-10717
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