Bug 1559599 – CVE-2017-18237 exempi: null pointer dereference in PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp

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Bug 1559599 - (CVE-2017-18237) CVE-2017-18237 exempi: null pointer dereference in PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp

Summary:	CVE-2017-18237 exempi: null pointer dereference in PostScript_Support::Conve...

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2017-18237

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1559578 1559603
Blocks:	1559602
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Reported:	2018-03-22 16:46 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-05-04 09:00 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	exempi 2.4.3
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Last Closed:	2018-05-04 09:00:06 EDT
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-03-22 16:46:44 EDT

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.


Reference:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101914

Patch:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=f19d0107fbae1fb41836cd110d4425e407e64048

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-03-22 16:56:47 EDT

Created exempi tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1559578]

Comment 3 Riccardo Schirone 2018-05-04 09:00:16 EDT

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of Exempi as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they did not include support for PostScript format.

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