CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5251
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-681
Description
In libming 0.4.8, there is an integer signedness error vulnerability (left shift of a negative value) in the readSBits function (util/read.c). Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.
Affected configurations
• libming libming 0.4.8
• debian debian linux 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types weakness
References
- https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/97 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/97 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24 Third Party Advisory