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CVE-2017-18234

N/A
Published: March 15, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxExempi

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
14.0416.0417.10
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
7.0
Exempi· Exempi Project
95%
v < 2.4.3
Affected range stops below 2.4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100397
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=c26d5beb60a5a85f76259f50ed3e08c8169b0a0c
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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