NULL pointer dereference in libming and Debian Linux - CVE-2018-7872
Published: March 8, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37467
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7872
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the function getName in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Affected software
libming
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7872
Install update from vendor's website.