CVE-2017-18234
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CVE-2017-18234 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Exempi Project | Exempi | < 2.4.3 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 17.10 |
References
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100397Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=c26d5beb60a5a85f76259f50ed3e08c8169b0a0cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100397Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=c26d5beb60a5a85f76259f50ed3e08c8169b0a0cPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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