Use After Free Affecting smplayer package, versions <18.5.0~ds1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.34% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SMPLAYER-278658
  • published7 Nov 2017
  • disclosed7 Nov 2017

Introduced: 7 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-2891  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 smplayer to version 18.5.0~ds1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream smplayer package and not the smplayer package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary HTTP POST request with a CGI target can cause a reuse of previously freed pointer potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker needs to send this HTTP request over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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