CVE-2018-12687 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published 22 Jun 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service via an assertion failure in the tinyexr library when processing malicious EXR files.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-12687?

CVE-2018-12687 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

tinyexr 0.9.5 has an assertion failure in DecodePixelData in tinyexr.h.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12687?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tinyexr Project Tinyexr.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12687?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12687 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-2018-12687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12687, GHSA-23wj-r557-8c5p, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12687.