CVE-2017-18237

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18237
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-15 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-04-04 17:49:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. The PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted .ps file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Exempi Project Exempi All All All All
Application Exempi Project Exempi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
exempi - Exempi 2.0. XMP metadata handling library based on Adobe XMP reference implementation. (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libopenraw/exempi) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Patch
101914 – segfault in PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate() CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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