Description
The image rendering component (createGenericPreview) of the Open Whisper Signal app through 2.29.0 for iOS fails to check for unreasonably large images before manipulating received images. This allows for a large image sent to a user to exhaust all available memory when the image is displayed, resulting in a forced restart of the device.
Published: 2018-08-29
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7987 The image rendering component (createGenericPreview) of the Open Whisper Signal app through 2.29.0 for iOS fails to check for unreasonably large images before manipulating received images. This allows for a large image sent to a user to exhaust all available memory when the image is displayed, resulting in a forced restart of the device.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.165Z

Reserved: 2018-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16132

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-29T22:29:00.353

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:07.783

Link: CVE-2018-16132

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