CVE-2017-12145 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

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-2017-12145?

CVE-2017-12145 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_ftyp in ftyp.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12145?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libquicktime Libquicktime.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12145 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-2017-12145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12145, GHSA-hmgx-prcp-w3gr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12145.

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