PT-2017-18523 · Libming · Libming

Published 2017-05-31 · Updated 2018-04-30 · CVE-2017-8782

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 libming version 0.4.8

Description The issue is related to the readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This happens when a large file is mishandled by tools like listswf or listaction, leading to an integer overflow and subsequent memory allocation error.

Recommendations For libming version 0.4.8, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the integer overflow in the readString function to prevent denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8782

DLA-980-1

MGASA-2018-0212

Affected Products

Libming

References · 10

• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0212.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8782 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8782 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98793 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22815 · Note