Out-of-bounds Read in Exempi Project
CVE-2018-7730
An issue was discovered in Exempi through 2.4.4. A certain case of a 0xffffffff length is mishandled in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PSIR_FileWriter.cpp, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in the PSD_MetaHandler::CacheFileData() function.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.014 (71.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Exempi Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-7730?
- CVE-2018-7730 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exempi Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-03-06.
- How severe is CVE-2018-7730?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.