UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9988

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9988
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9988.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9988
Related
Published
2017-06-28T06:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:24Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ming

Package

Name
ming
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ming@1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu6
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}