CVE-2017-9989

MEDIUM

libming 0.4.8 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in util/outputtxt.c

Title source: llm

Description

util/outputtxt.c in libming 0.4.8 mishandles memory allocation. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) attack.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00022.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/86

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0204

EPSS Percentile 78.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 7.0

libming/libming 0.4.8

Published Jun 28, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026