#VU11857 Uncontrolled memory allocation in GEGL - CVE-2018-10113
Published: April 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11857
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10113
CWE-ID: CWE-789
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
GEGL
GEGL
Software vendor:
gegl.org
gegl.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the process function, as defined in the operations/external/ppm-load.c code file due to unbounded memory allocation. A local attacker can submit specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the process function, as defined in the operations/external/ppm-load.c code file due to unbounded memory allocation. A local attacker can submit specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Cybersecurity is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.