CVE-2018-7869 — HIGH (7.5) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability Description

There is a memory leak triggered in the function dcinit of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

CVSS Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Libming	Libming	0.4.8
Debian	Debian Linux	7.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-772

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119ExploitThird Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-7869?

CVE-2018-7869 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). There is a memory leak triggered in the function dcinit of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

How severe is CVE-2018-7869?

CVE-2018-7869 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-7869?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Libming Libming, Debian Debian Linux.