CVE-2017-12950

Libgig vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

5.1%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

The gig::Region::Region function in gig.cpp in libgig 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted gig file.

Affected vendor

Linuxsampler

Affected product

Libgig

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Published

2017-08-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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