What is CVE-2018-13251?

CVE-2018-13251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-13251?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-13251 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Libming

CVE-2018-13251

In libming 0.4.8, there is an excessive memory allocation attempt in the readBytes function of the util/read.c file, related to parseSWF_DEFINEBITSJPEG2. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted swf file.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.015 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libming — versions 0.4.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13251?: CVE-2018-13251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-13251?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-13251 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.