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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Exempi Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048 (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.