CVE-2018-7554 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2018-7554?

CVE-2018-7554 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is an invalid free in ReadImage in input-bmp.ci that leads to a Segmentation fault in sam2p 0.49.4. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7554?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Sam2p Project Sam2p.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7554?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2018-7554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3pvh-4h3w-f294, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7554.