CVE-2018-7998
vips - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-7998
To remediate CVE-2018-7998, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.4.5-2 or later
- —upgrade to 7.28.5-1+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2018-7998 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 8.4.5-2
- from 0, < 7.28.5-1+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |