UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6358

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6358
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6358.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6358
Upstream
Published
2018-01-27T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:54Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The printDefineFont2 function (util/listfdb.c) in libming through 0.4.8 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted FDB file.

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_version": "1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7",
            "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"
        }
    ]
}