Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38802

NULL pointer dereference in libming and Debian Linux - CVE-2017-9988

Published: June 28, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38802

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-2017-9988

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in util/read.c in libming 0.4.8 mishandles memory allocation. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) attack against parser.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

libming
Debian Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9988

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