CVE-2017-9988

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The readEncUInt30 function in util/read.c in libming 0.4.8 mishandles memory allocation. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) attack against parser.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/85Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/85Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 28, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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