Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-10114 · published 16 April 2018
CVE-2018-10114: Gegl memory buffer overflow vulnerability
GGegl · Gegl
An issue was discovered in GEGL through 0.3.32. The gegl_buffer_iterate_read_simple function in buffer/gegl-buffer-access.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (write access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed PPM file, related to improper restrictions on memory allocation in the ppm_load_read_header function in operations/external/ppm-load.c.
Description
An issue was discovered in GEGL through 0.3.32. The gegl_buffer_iterate_read_simple function in buffer/gegl-buffer-access.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (write access violation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed PPM file, related to improper restrictions on memory allocation in the ppm_load_read_header function in operations/external/ppm-load.c.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795248 | ExploitIssue Tracking |
| https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/gegl | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795248 | ExploitIssue Tracking |
| https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/gegl | ExploitVendor Advisory |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-10114), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.