What is CVE-2018-10717?

CVE-2018-10717 is a high-severity vulnerability in Miniupnp_project Ngiflib, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-10717?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-10717 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Miniupnp_project Ngiflib

CVE-2018-10717

The DecodeGifImg function in ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 does not consider the bounds of the pixels data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WritePixels heap-based buffer overflow and application cr…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Miniupnp_project Ngiflib — versions 0.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

nafiez/Vulnerability-Research

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10717?: CVE-2018-10717 is a high-severity vulnerability in Miniupnp_project Ngiflib, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-10717?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-10717 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.