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CVE-2017-18236

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Mar 15, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18236
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.4. The ASF_Support::ReadHeaderObject function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ASF_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted .asf file.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Exempi Exempi_project * 2.4.4 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat exempi-0:2.2.0-9.el7 *
Exempi Ubuntu artful *
Exempi Ubuntu trusty *
Exempi Ubuntu upstream *
Exempi Ubuntu xenial *

References

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