PT-2017-12210 · Ming · Ming

Published 2017-07-29 · Updated 2019-04-26 · CVE-2017-11733

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ming version 0.4.8

Description A null pointer dereference issue was found in the stackswap function, which is called from decompileSTACKSWAP in util/decompile.c. This issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service by providing a crafted file.

Recommendations For Ming version 0.4.8, consider avoiding the use of the stackswap function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11733

DLA-1176-1

MGASA-2018-0212

Affected Products

Ming

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0212.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11733 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11733 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11733 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/78 · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00022.html · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22815 · Note
• http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/07/libmingnull-pointer-dereference-in.html · Note