CVE-2018-8975

medium

Description

The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VEZRUJ5LNGULJL7QUAHPV5LBOKIJYP5I/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVMWVVFEADMA7XIPXFHGSBRYKEGGDFGE/

https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/netpbm

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00056.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-03-25

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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