NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphite2 package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.42% (74th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRAPHITE2-339768
- published 9 Mar 2018
- disclosed 9 Mar 2018
Introduced: 9 Mar 2018
CVE-2018-7999 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04
graphite2
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphite2
package and not the graphite2
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-7999
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7999
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND/
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/commit/db132b4731a9b4c9534144ba3a18e65b390e9ff6
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/issues/22
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND/