CVE-2017-18234

HIGH

exempi < 2.4.3 - Use-After-Free via JPEG Data in PDF Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memcpy with resultant use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a .pdf file containing JPEG data, related to XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/ReconcileTIFF.cpp, XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_MemoryReader.cpp, and XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/TIFF_Support.hpp.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100397
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2048

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0171
EPSS Percentile 74.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
exempi_project/exempi < 2.4.3
Published Mar 15, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026