Vulnerability CVE-2017-9988
Published: 2017-06-28

Description:
The readEncUInt30 function in util/read.c in libming 0.4.8 mishandles memory allocation. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) attack against parser.c.

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Libming -> Libming 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/85
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00022.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24
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