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CVE-2017-18237

Publication date 15 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. The PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted .ps file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
exempi 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

leosilva

couldn't reproduce POC in trusty, xenial, artful and bionic.

mdeslaur

code isn't in trusty and xenial

Patch details

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Package Patch details
exempi

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H