{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7870","details":"An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in getString in util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.","modified":"2026-04-22T12:03:29.864060Z","published":"2018-03-08T18:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-7870"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7870"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/117"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7870"}],"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-2018-7870.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"}]}