PT-2018-11719 · Libming · Libming

Published 2018-07-05 · Updated 2018-08-27 · CVE-2018-13251

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 an excessive memory allocation attempt in the readBytes function of the util/read.c file, specifically with parseSWF DEFINEBITSJPEG2. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service using a crafted swf file.

Recommendations For libming version 0.4.8, consider restricting the use of the readBytes function in the util/read.c file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid processing untrusted swf files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-13251

Affected Products

Libming

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/149 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13251 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13251 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13251 · Vendor Advisory