What is CVE-2018-8961?

CVE-2018-8961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-8961?

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

Use After Free in Libming

CVE-2018-8961

In libming 0.4.8, the decompilePUSHPARAM function of decompile.c has a use-after-free. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.015 (71.8th 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-416 — Use After Free

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-8961?: CVE-2018-8961 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-8961?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.