fmtlib version prior to version 4.1.0 (before commit 0555cea5fc0bf890afe0071a558e44625a34ba85) contains a Memory corruption (SIGSEGV), CWE-134 vulnerability in fmt::print() library function that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specifying an invalid format specifier in the fmt::print() function results in a SIGSEGV (memory corruption, invalid write). This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8cf30aa2be256eba07bb1cefb998c52326e846e7.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fmt | Fmt | * | 4.1.0 (excluding) |
| Fmtlib | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Fmtlib | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |