CVE-2018-13251 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial-of-service via a crafted SWF file due to excessive memory allocation in libming.
- 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-2018-13251?
CVE-2018-13251 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libming Libming, published on 5 Jul 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
In libming 0.4.8, there is an excessive memory allocation attempt in the readBytes function of the util/read.c file, related to parseSWF_DEFINEBITSJPEG2. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted swf file.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13251?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libming Libming.
How do I fix CVE-2018-13251?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13251 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-2018-13251 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13251 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libming Libming
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j62m-wf76-cq9q, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13251.