Use After Free in Exempi Project
CVE-2017-18234
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.017 (74.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Exempi_project Exempi
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-18234?
- CVE-2017-18234 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exempi Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2017-18234?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.