cve/2018/CVE-2018-20453.md

### [CVE-2018-20453](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20453)
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### Description

The getlong function in numutils.c in libdoc through 2017-10-23 has a heap-based buffer over-read that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/uvoteam/libdoc/issues/1

#### Github
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