Buffer overflow in ngiflib - CVE-2018-11578

 

Buffer overflow in ngiflib - CVE-2018-11578

Published: May 31, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37100
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2018-11578
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: miniupnpd
Affected software:
ngiflib

Detailed vulnerability description

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

GifIndexToTrueColor in ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a Segmentation fault.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-11578

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources