CVE-2018-7999
High
CVE-2018-7999
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.
Exploit probability
2.3%
Published
March 9, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-7999
View original source
In libgraphite2 in graphite2 1.3.11, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in Segment.cpp during a dumbRendering operation, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ttf file.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/commit/db132b4731a9b4c9534144ba3a18e65b390e9ff6
- https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/issues/22
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L5F3CK2IPXFCLQZEBEEXONWIABN2E7H2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LVWOKYZZDEMG6VSG53KAGUOHUIIQ7CND/