PT-2017-12777 · Libfpx +1 · Libfpx +1

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-08-28 · Updated 2023-01-19 · CVE-2017-12921

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:

libfpx version 1.3.1 p6

Description:

The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a NULL pointer dereference, by providing a crafted fpx image. This is due to a problem in the PFileFlashPixView::GetGlobalInfoProperty function in f fpxvw.cpp.

Recommendations:

For libfpx version 1.3.1 p6, consider avoiding the use of crafted fpx images to prevent the denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-2532

ALT-PU-2023-1088

CVE-2017-12921

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libfpx

References · 9

• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2023-1088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-2532 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12921 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12925 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12921 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/09/libfpx-null-pointer-dereference-in-pfileflashpixviewgetglobalinfoproperty-f_fpxvw-cpp · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/10 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2017-12921 · Note