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.

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-10971: held from 0.011 to 0.011.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000

Affected products

  • Flif — versions 0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.