{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13251","details":"In libming 0.4.8, there is an excessive memory allocation attempt in the readBytes function of the util/read.c file, related to parseSWF_DEFINEBITSJPEG2. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted swf file.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:44:44.410299Z","published":"2018-07-05T14:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-13251"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13251"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/149"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13251"}],"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_name":"libming-util","binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7"},{"binary_version":"1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7","binary_name":"libming1"},{"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_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-2018-13251.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:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}