CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-17073

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 16, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024

CVSS 3.x

7.5

HIGH

Source:

NVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.x

5 MEDIUM

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17073
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

wernsey/bitmap before 2018-08-18 allows a NULL pointer dereference via a 4-bit image.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Bitmap	Bitmap_project	*	2018-09-24 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References

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