CVE-2018-7998

Published Mar 9, 2018

Last updated 3 days ago

Overview

Description
In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This occurs because of a race condition involving a failed delayed load and other worker threads.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.1
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-362

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations