CVE-2018-10971 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via excessive memory allocation in the FLIF image library by providing a crafted file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10971?
CVE-2018-10971 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 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 Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) 0.3. The Plane function in image/image.hpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (attempted excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10971?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Flif Flif.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10971 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-2018-10971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qrxp-8p29-cp78.