VDB
CVE-2018-7998
CVE-2018-7998
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This occurs because of a race condition involving a failed delayed load and other worker threads.
EPSS 1.82% · 77.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.82%
77.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | vips | 0, 8.4.5-1build1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | vips | 8.2.2-1, 0, 8.0.2-2 |
Timeline
- Mar 9, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7998 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips/commit/20d840e6da15c1574b3ed998bc92f91d1e36c2a5 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/893 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6437-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7998 third-party-advisory