CVE-2018-16132

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…

published August 29, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01085 · 65.0th percentile
Published
2018-08-29T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 AUG 22:00Z
    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…
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