Bug 1539898 (CVE-2018-6358) - CVE-2018-6358 ming: Heap-based buffer overflow in printDefineFont2 function in util/listfdb.c
Summary: CVE-2018-6358 ming: Heap-based buffer overflow in printDefineFont2 function i...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-6358
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1539900
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-01-29 19:58 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:38:41 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-01-29 19:58:08 UTC 
The printDefineFont2 function (util/listfdb.c) in libming through 0.4.8 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted FDB file.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/104
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2018-01-29 19:58:28 UTC 
Created ming tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1539900]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:38:41 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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