What is CVE-2018-12109?

CVE-2018-12109 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flif, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-12109?

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

Is CVE-2018-12109 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Flif

CVE-2018-12109

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

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (68.9th 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 — versions 0.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12109?: CVE-2018-12109 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flif, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-12109?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12109 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.