CVE-2018-20652 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial-of-service via crafted input leading to excessive memory allocation in the tinyexr 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-2018-20652?
CVE-2018-20652 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jan 2019. 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 attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function tinyexr::AllocateImage in tinyexr.h in tinyexr v0.9.5. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20652?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tinyexr Project Tinyexr.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20652?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20652 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-2018-20652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j56v-9w7f-7jg3.