What is CVE-2018-5251?

CVE-2018-5251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-5251?

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

Vulnerability in Libming

CVE-2018-5251

In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.0th 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
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-681 — Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5251?: CVE-2018-5251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-5251?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.