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CVE-2018-16132

The image rendering component (createGenericPreview) of the Open Whisper Signal app through 2.29.0 for iOS fails to chec

The image rendering component (createGenericPreview) of the Open Whisper Signal app through 2.29.0 for iOS fails to check for unreasonably large images before manipulating received images. This allows for a large image sent to a user to exhaust all available memory when the image is displayed, resulting in a forced restart of the device.

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 0.00296
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

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signal<= 2.29.0
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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumFile Access Of Signal Desktop Sensitive Data
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Scoring & Timeline

8.6
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Aug 2018 · 10:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Aug/57Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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