MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 GIF File ngiflib.c DecodeGifImg memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4. The impacted element is the function DecodeGifImg in the library ngiflib.c of the component GIF File Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-10717. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4. Affected by this issue is the function DecodeGifImg in the library ngiflib.c of the component GIF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The DecodeGifImg function in ngiflib.c in MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 does not consider the bounds of the pixels data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WritePixels heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted GIF file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10677.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2018. The weakness was shared 05/03/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10717 since 05/03/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: cf429e0a2fe26b5f01ce0c8e9b79432e94509b6e
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-10717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117344

Entryinfo

Created: 05/04/2018 08:44
Updated: 03/08/2023 15:21
Changes: 05/04/2018 08:44 (57), 02/02/2020 11:25 (2), 03/08/2023 15:21 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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