What is CVE-2017-8782?

CVE-2017-8782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-8782?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Libming

CVE-2017-8782

The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (70.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libming — versions 0.4.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8782?: CVE-2017-8782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-8782?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.