What is CVE-2018-10972?

CVE-2018-10972 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flif Free Lossless Image Format, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-10972?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Flif Free Lossless Image Format

CVE-2018-10972

An issue was discovered in Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3. The TransformPaletteC::process function in transform/palette_C.hpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10972?: CVE-2018-10972 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flif Free Lossless Image Format, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-10972?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.