CVE-2018-7999 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Graphite2

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
SIL Graphite2
Timeline
PublishedMar 9
Latest updateOct 5

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiansil/graphite2< 1.3.11-2+3
▶NVDsil/graphite21.3.11

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7p2q-34x4-g48j: In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-7999: In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1↗2018-03-09
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OSV
CVE-2018-7999: In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1↗2018-03-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Graphite2 vulnerability↗2022-10-05
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Red Hat
graphite2: NULL pointer dereference in Segment.cpp in libgraphite2↗2018-03-05
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Debian
CVE-2018-7999: graphite2 - In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability wa...↗2018
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7999 graphite2: NULL pointer dereference in Segment.cpp in libgraphite2↗2018-03-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7999 graphite2: NULL pointer dereference in Segment.cpp in libgraphite2 [fedora-all]↗2018-03-12
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CVE-2018-7999 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Graphite2 | cvebase