Fedora 28 update for mingw-gdal, mingw-xerces-c



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-12627
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

mingw-xerces-c
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

mingw-gdal
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU11447

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12627

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 28

mingw-xerces-c: before 3.2.1-1.fc28

mingw-gdal: before 2.2.4-5.fc28

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-7b97e553ff


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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