CVE-2018-19873 Memory corruption in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in the Qt BMP handler allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malicious BMP files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-19873?

CVE-2018-19873 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Dec 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.11.3. QBmpHandler has a buffer overflow via BMP data.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19873?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap, Qt Qt.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19873?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-19873 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19873 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19873, GHSA-7wmh-gw77-55mp, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19873.

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