UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9988

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9988

    Published: 28 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: The readEncUInt30 function in util/read.c in libming 0.4.8 mishandles memory allocation. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) attack against parser.c.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ming

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ming@1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2
    1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5
    1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu6
    1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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