Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libpff  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-LIBPFF-649029
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed22 Dec 2018

Introduced: 22 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20348  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

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

libpff_item_tree_create_node in libpff_item_tree.c in libpff before experimental-20180714 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted file, related to libfdata_tree_get_node_value in libfdata_tree.c.