CVE-2018-8050 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a corrupt AFF image in the AFFLIB library, requiring a patch to mitigate.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2018-8050?
CVE-2018-8050 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Mar 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
The af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a corrupt AFF image that triggers an unexpected pagesize value.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8050?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Afflib Project Afflib.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8050?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2018-8050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8050, GHSA-ww5j-x7v8-wc43, MGASA-2018-0231, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8050, USN-6518-1.