Medium
Security advisory
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT8 data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-7875
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT8 data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.
osv:CVE-2018-7875
Complete source record
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