CVE-2017-18234 is a high-severity vulnerability in Exempi versions prior to 2.4.3, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Debian. It involves an invalid memcpy leading to a use-after-free condition, triggered by specially crafted PDF files containing JPEG data. This can result in a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts. While the CVSS score is 7.8 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exempi_project:exempi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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