Vulnerability CVE-2018-8975
Published: 2018-03-24   Modified: 2018-03-25

Description:
The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

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
Netpbm project -> Netpbm 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00056.html
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/netpbm
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