CVE-2017-18236 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2017-18236?

CVE-2017-18236 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted .asf file.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18236?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Exempi Project Exempi.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18236?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2017-18236 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18236, GHSA-p685-5hhq-666f, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18236.