7.5

CVE-2018-7998

Exploit

In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate 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.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LibvipsLibvips Version < 8.6.3
DebianDebian Linux Version7.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.32% 0.546
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 1.6 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 5.1 4.9 6.4
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.