NULL pointer dereference in libvips - CVE-2018-7998
Published: October 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21749
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7998
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libvips
Affected software:
libvips
libvips
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 dereference error within the vips_region_generate() function in region.c in the libvips library. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the library and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7998
Install update from vendor's website.