PT-2018-18240 · Adobe+2 · Exempi+2

Hubert Figuière · Published 2018-03-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-7729

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: Exempi versions prior to 2.5

Description: An issue was discovered in Exempi. There is a stack-based buffer over-read in the PostScript MetaHandler::ParsePSFile() function in XMPFiles/source/FileHandlers/PostScript Handler.cpp.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.5, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the PostScript MetaHandler::ParsePSFile() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1470

CVE-2018-7729

MGASA-2018-0239

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10745-1

USN-3668-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Exempi

Ubuntu

References · 31

• 🔥 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105206 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0239 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7730 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/ZTR7ZDRVKLKSI65QBRMJFDTW4EPRPZYH · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18236 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3668-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=baa4b8a02c1ffab9645d13f0bfb1c0d10d311a0c · Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCFXKOOATZ2B5G3G7EBXZWVZHEABN4ZV · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7729 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3668-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7729 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7729 · Vendor Advisory