Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU37703

Input validation error in ImageWorsener - CVE-2018-5252

Published: January 5, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU37703

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5252

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Jason Summer

Affected software:
ImageWorsener

Detailed vulnerability description

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

libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.2, when libjpeg 8d is used, has a large loop in the get_raw_sample_int function in imagew-main.c.

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