CVE-2018-8975 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00454.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Netpbm Project	Netpbm

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:netpbm_project:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-20582	The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00056.html
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/netpbm
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVMWVVFEADMA7XIPXFHGSBRYKEGGDFGE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VEZRUJ5LNGULJL7QUAHPV5LBOKIJYP5I/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8975
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8975

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0024}`	epss `{'score': 0.00454}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-25T03:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:10:47.351Z

Reserved: 2018-03-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8975

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-25T03:29:00.350

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:43.330

Link: CVE-2018-8975

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-8975 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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