NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting hfiguiere/exempi package, versions [,2.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HFIGUIEREEXEMPI-2365704
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Mar 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18237  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hfiguiere/exempi to version 2.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. An issue was discovered in Exempi before 2.4.3. The PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted .ps file.

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