CVE-2018-15871 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 25 Aug 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service via a segmentation fault in the libming library due to an invalid memory address dereference.

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-2018-15871?

CVE-2018-15871 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming Libming, published on 25 Aug 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 invalid memory address dereference was discovered in decompileSingleArgBuiltInFunctionCall in libming 0.4.8 before 2018-03-12. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15871?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libming Libming.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-15871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Libming Libming vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wx73-qhfh-rg2r, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15871.