There is a stack-based buffer over-read in calling GLib... · CVE-2018-10767 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

There is a stack-based buffer over-read in calling GLib...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

There is a stack-based buffer over-read in calling GLib in the function gxps_images_guess_content_type of gxps-images.c in libgxps through 0.3.0 because it does not reject negative return values from a g_input_stream_read call. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

May 6, 2018

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022

Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Moderate

6.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H