{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11226","details":"The getString 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.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:41:55.349533Z","published":"2018-05-17T04:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-11226"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11226"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/144"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NtI3PiiL55SMj-kmdwJhMViIALGHPnLZYRxOgNCfhYA/edit"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11226"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ming","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ming@1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2","1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5","1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu6","1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"libming-util"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"libming1"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"libswf-perl"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"ming-fonts-dejavu"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"ming-fonts-opensymbol"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"python-ming"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11226.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}