NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libsass package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.84% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBSASS-10077316
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libsass.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. In LibSass 3.5.5, a NULL Pointer Dereference in the function Sass::Selector_List::populate_extends in SharedPtr.hpp (used by ast.cpp and ast_selectors.cpp) may cause a Denial of Service (application crash) via a crafted sass input file.

References

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