High
Security advisory
The newVar_N function in decompile.c in libming through 0.4.8 mishandles cases where the header indicates a file size greater than the actual size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11017
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The newVar_N function in decompile.c in libming through 0.4.8 mishandles cases where the header indicates a file size greater than the actual size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
osv:CVE-2018-11017
Complete source record
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