CVE-2018-7999
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.25% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- sil/graphite2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/commit/db132b4731a9b4c9534144ba3a18e65b390e9ff6Patch
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/issues/22Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND/
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/commit/db132b4731a9b4c9534144ba3a18e65b390e9ff6Patch
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/issues/22Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.