CVE-2018-10114 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via a malformed PPM file due to improper memory allocation restrictions in GEGL.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2018-10114?
CVE-2018-10114 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2018. 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
An issue was discovered in GEGL through 0.3.32. The gegl_buffer_iterate_read_simple function in buffer/gegl-buffer-access.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (write access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed PPM file, related to improper restrictions on memory allocation in the ppm_load_read_header function in operations/external/ppm-load.c.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10114?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gegl Gegl.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10114?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-10114 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10114 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10114, GHSA-w9gq-wjp3-cvf5, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10114.