CVE-2018-16140 (GCVE-0-2018-16140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-30 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:17
VLAI
Summary
A buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() (read.c) in fig2dev 3.2.7a allows an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via a crafted .fig file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/28/ x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3760-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2018-08-29 00:00
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