SB2018092617 - Fedora 29 update for exempi



SB2018092617 - Fedora 29 update for exempi

Published: September 26, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018092617
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12648)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in the WEBP::GetLE32 function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/WEBP_Support.hpp file. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted file to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.