CVE-2018-25014

libwebp: use of uninitialized value in ReadSymbol()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 20, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in libwebp. An unitialized variable is used in function ReadSymbol. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Firefox and Thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 as they embed the fixed version of libwebp.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource