PT-2017-12780 · Libfpx · Libfpx

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-08-28 · Updated 2017-09-01 · CVE-2017-12924

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

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 divide-by-zero error, by providing a crafted fpx image. This error occurs in the CDirVector::GetTable function within the dirfunc.hxx file of the libfpx library.

Recommendations For libfpx version 1.3.1 p6, consider avoiding the use of crafted fpx images to prevent the divide-by-zero error until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Divide By Zero

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-369

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12924

Affected Products

Libfpx

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12924 · Security Note
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/09/libfpx-divide-by-zero-in-cdirvectorgettable-dirfunc-hxx · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/8 · Note