CVE-2017-18234
Published: 15 March 2018
An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva | poc not reproducible in trusty and xenial |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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exempi Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(2.4.3-1ubuntu1)
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| bionic |
Not vulnerable
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| trusty |
Released
(2.2.1-1ubuntu1.1)
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| upstream |
Released
(2.4.3-1)
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| xenial |
Released
(2.2.2-2ubuntu0.1)
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Patches: upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=c26d5beb60a5a85f76259f50ed3e08c8169b0a0c |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |