NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libwpd package, versions <0.10.2-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBWPD-522714
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed12 Nov 2018

Introduced: 12 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libwpd to version 0.10.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwpd package and not the libwpd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libwpd 0.10.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp that will lead to a denial of service attack. This is related to WPXTable.h.

CVSS Scores

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