Memory leak in libming - CVE-2018-13066
Published: July 2, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36986
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-13066
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libming.org
Affected software:
libming
libming
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within util/parser.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service via parseSWF_DEFINEBUTTON2, parseSWF_DEFINEFONT, parseSWF_DEFINEFONTINFO, parseSWF_DEFINELOSSLESS, parseSWF_DEFINESPRITE, parseSWF_DEFINETEXT, parseSWF_DOACTION, parseSWF_FILLSTYLEARRAY, parseSWF_FRAMELABEL, parseSWF_LINESTYLEARRAY, parseSWF_PLACEOBJECT2, or parseSWF_SHAPEWITHSTYLE. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-13066
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.