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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7872
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7872
Aliases CVE-2018-7872
Summary An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the function getName in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7872.json
ubuntu-priority medium https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7872.json
Reference id Reference type URL
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/114
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7872
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7872
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7872.json
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