CVE-2017-18237 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Exempi

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Exempi Project Exempi
Timeline
PublishedMar 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. The PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted .ps file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianexempi_project/exempi< 2.4.3-1+3

Patches

Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-j3wm-c6rh-6rw8: An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-18237: An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2↗2018-03-15
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CVEList
CVE-2017-18237: An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2↗2018-03-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
exempi: null pointer dereference in PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp↗2017-07-25
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Debian
CVE-2017-18237: exempi - An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. The PostScript_Support::ConvertT...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18237 exempi: null pointer dereference in PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp↗2018-03-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18233 CVE-2017-18234 CVE-2017-18235 CVE-2017-18236 CVE-2017-18237 exempi: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-03-22
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