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NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package graphite2  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-GRAPHITE2-645526
  • published9 Mar 2018
  • disclosed9 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 9 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7999  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphite2 package and not the graphite2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.