Input validation error in afflib - CVE-2018-8050
Published: November 28, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83537
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8050
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp. A remote attacker can pass a corrupted AFF image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
afflib
Fedora
Ubuntu
afflib-tools (Ubuntu package)
libafflib0v5 (Ubuntu package)
afflib
Fedora
Ubuntu
afflib-tools (Ubuntu package)
libafflib0v5 (Ubuntu package)
afflib
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8050
Install updates from vendor's website.
afflib - update to 3.7.17
afflib-tools (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libafflib0v5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
afflib - addressed in versions 3.7.16-4.fc27, 3.7.16-4.fc28, 3.7.18-2.el7
afflib-tools (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libafflib0v5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
afflib - addressed in versions 3.7.16-4.fc27, 3.7.16-4.fc28, 3.7.18-2.el7