Denial of Service Vulnerability in GEGL by GE
CVE-2018-10112

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Gegl

Status
Gegl
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 April 2018

What is CVE-2018-10112?

A vulnerability exists in GEGL versions prior to 0.3.32 that allows attackers to exploit a flaw in the gepg_tile_backend_swap_constructed function. This vulnerability can be triggered by a specially crafted PNG file, leading to a denial of service condition due to a write access violation. During processing, the malformed file is mishandled in the babl_format_get_bytes_per_pixel function, potentially causing instability and affecting the overall performance of the application.

References

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795249
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/gegl
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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