CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-20348

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Dec 22, 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
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

libpff_item_tree_create_node in libpff_item_tree.c in libpff before experimental-20180714 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted file, related to libfdata_tree_get_node_value in libfdata_tree.c.

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
Libpff Libpff_project * 20180714 (excluding)
Libpff Ubuntu bionic *
Libpff Ubuntu cosmic *
Libpff Ubuntu trusty *
Libpff Ubuntu xenial *

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