NULL pointer dereference in Exempi - CVE-2018-12648
Published: June 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18936
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12648
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Exempi
Exempi
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12648
Install update from vendor's website.