CVE-2018-7729
An issue was discovered in Exempi through 2.4.4. There is a stack-based buffer over-read in the PostScript_MetaHandler::ParsePSFile() function in XMPFiles/source/FileHandlers/PostScript_Handler.cpp.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Exempi through 2.4.4. There is a stack-based buffer over-read in the PostScript_MetaHandler::ParsePSFile() function in XMPFiles/source/FileHandlers/PostScript_Handler.cpp.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-03-06 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-03-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 77a433c769b5efe008dc185489f9c186abebac7ea9a480774917b0dfe0efb337
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3668-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3668-1/
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/exempi/commit/?id=baa4b8a02c1ffab9645d13f0bfb1c0d10d311a0c
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105206
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-e22e9a655dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCFXKOOATZ2B5G3G7EBXZWVZHEABN4ZV/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- exempi Fixed in 2.4.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- exempi Fixed in 2.4.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- exempi Fixed in 2.4.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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