CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-7999

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Mar 09, 2018 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
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
8.8 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW

In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.

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
Graphite2 Sil 1.3.11 (including) 1.3.11 (including)
Graphite2 Ubuntu artful *
Graphite2 Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Graphite2 Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Graphite2 Ubuntu trusty *
Graphite2 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Graphite2 Ubuntu upstream *
Graphite2 Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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