Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20187998000
Revision Date:2018-03-09Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-7998 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - untriaged.
Description:In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This occurs because of a race condition involving a failed delayed load and other worker threads.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-7998
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'vips' package in cosmic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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