vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6437-1 (CVE-2018-7998): VIPS vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 9, 2018 | Oct 19, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 9, 2018
Added
Oct 19, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This occurs because of a race condition involving a failed delayed load and other worker threads.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gir1-2-vips-8-0ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvips-toolsubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvips42ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-vipscc
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