UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7729

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7729

    Published: 6 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-7729
    Aliases:
    USN-3668-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7729, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3668-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7729

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exempi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.5-2

    Affected versions

    2.4.3-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High