UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12950

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12950
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12950.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12950
Upstream
Published
2017-08-28T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:27Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The gig::Region::Region function in gig.cpp in libgig 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted gig file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libgig

Package

Name
libgig
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgig@3.3.0-5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.0-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-5",
            "binary_name": "gigtools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-5",
            "binary_name": "libgig-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-5",
            "binary_name": "libgig6v5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12950.json"