#VU21749 NULL pointer dereference in libvips - CVE-2018-7998

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#VU21749 NULL pointer dereference in libvips - CVE-2018-7998

Published: October 13, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21749
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7998
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libvips
Software vendor:
libvips

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the vips_region_generate() function in region.c in the libvips library.  A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the library and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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