CVE-2017-12143 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in libquicktime by providing a crafted file that triggers an allocation failure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12143?
CVE-2017-12143 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In libquicktime 1.2.4, an allocation failure was found in the function quicktime_read_info in lqt_quicktime.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12143?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libquicktime Libquicktime.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12143?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12143 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-12143 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12143 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12143, GHSA-rwfm-mphw-wq7g, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12143.