UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7998

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7998
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7998
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Published
2018-03-09T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:48Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vipsregiongenerate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This occurs because of a race condition involving a failed delayed load and other worker threads.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / vips

Package

Name
vips
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

7.*

7.40.6-2ubuntu2

8.*

8.0.2-2
8.2.1-1
8.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips42"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-vipscc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / vips

Package

Name
vips
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/vips@8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.5-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-vips-8.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libvips42"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-vipscc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}