CVE-2017-9988 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-06-28

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libming:libming:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1176-1	ming security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-18897	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00625.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/85
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00022.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Libming Libming

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-06-28T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:25:00.724Z

Reserved: 2017-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9988

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-28T06:29:00.363

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9988

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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