What is CVE-2018-10971?

CVE-2018-10971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flif, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-10971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Flif

CVE-2018-10971

An issue was discovered in Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3. The Plane function in image/image.hpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Flif — versions 0.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10971?: CVE-2018-10971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flif, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-10971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.