NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability in libvips before 8.6.3

CVE-2018-7998 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In libvips before 8.6.3, a NULL function pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the vips_region_generate function in region.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image file. This occurs because of a race condition involving a failed delayed load and other worker threads.

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