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Unscored USN-6518-1 1 CVE

afflib vulnerability

Published Nov 28, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Luis Rocha discovered that AFFLIB incorrectly handled certain input files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted AFF image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2018-8050)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS afflib 3.7.7-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS afflib 3.7.16-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2018-8050

    The af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16 allows remote attackers to c…

    afflib afflib Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8050