CVE-2018-7485

unixODBC: Insecure buffer copy in SQLWriteFileDSN function in odbcinst/SQLWriteFileDSN.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 27, 2018

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

An argument order confusion flaw was found in the SQLWriteFileDSN API of unixODBC. This could only be exploited via a malicious ODBC database connector package with the maximum impact being a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer