CVE-2018-19212 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an abort in the libwebm parser, affecting applications using this library.
- 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-2018-19212?
CVE-2018-19212 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 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 libwebm through 2018-10-03, there is an abort caused by libwebm::Webm2Pes::InitWebmParser() that will lead to a DoS attack.
Weakness: CWE-670
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19212?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webmproject Libwebm.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19212?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-19212 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-2018-19212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8vqj-758h-qh3x, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19212.