PT-2018-18296 · Libming · Libming

Fantasy7082 · Published 2018-03-08 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-7869

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 a memory leak in the dcinit function of util/decompile.c in libming. This memory leak can lead to a denial of service attack.

Recommendations: For libming version 0.4.8, consider applying a patch to fix the memory leak in the dcinit function as a permanent solution. As a temporary workaround, restrict the usage of the dcinit function 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

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-7869

Affected Products

Libming

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7869 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7869 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260 · Note