High severity · published Mar 9, 2018
CVE-2018-7999
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a…
8.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Graphite2 · Sil
1.3.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7999
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7999
Patch
https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/commit/db132b4731a9b4c9534144ba3a18e65b390e9ff6
Exploit
https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/issues/22
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND/
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