UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20591

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20591
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20591.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20591
Upstream
Published
2018-12-30T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:18Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in decompileJUMP function in util/decompile.c of libming v0.4.8. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by swftocxx.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ming

Package

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

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libming-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libming-util",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libming1",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswf-perl",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ming-fonts-dejavu",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ming-fonts-opensymbol",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-ming",
            "binary_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"
        }
    ]
}