CVE-2018-7872

Public Exploit

Description

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the function getName in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.66% Top 30%
Third-Party Advisory debian.org Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260 third party advisory issue tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00008.html third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/114 third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-7872?
CVE-2018-7872 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-7872?
To fix CVE-2018-7872, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-7872 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-7872 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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