CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-11416

Double Free

Published: May 24, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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jpegoptim.c in jpegoptim 1.4.5 (fixed in 1.4.6) has an invalid use of realloc() and free(), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
JpegoptimJpegoptim_project1.4.5 (including)1.4.5 (including)
JpegoptimUbuntuartful*
JpegoptimUbuntubionic*
JpegoptimUbuntucosmic*
JpegoptimUbuntudisco*
JpegoptimUbuntueoan*
JpegoptimUbuntufocal*
JpegoptimUbuntugroovy*
JpegoptimUbuntuhirsute*
JpegoptimUbuntuimpish*
JpegoptimUbuntukinetic*
JpegoptimUbuntulunar*
JpegoptimUbuntumantic*
JpegoptimUbuntuoracular*
JpegoptimUbuntuplucky*
JpegoptimUbuntutrusty*
JpegoptimUbuntutrusty/esm*
JpegoptimUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References