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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENCASCADE-16419319
  • published5 May 2026
  • disclosed1 May 2026
  • creditFeng Ning

Introduced: 1 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-42478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for opencascade.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the TShape process. An attacker can cause the application to crash or become unresponsive by submitting a specially crafted VRML file that triggers dereference of a corrupt or unvalidated pointer during shape construction.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1