NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package upx-ucl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-UPXUCL-1562080
  • published13 Apr 2021
  • disclosed27 May 2021

Introduced: 13 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-30500  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:12.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream upx-ucl package and not the upx-ucl package as distributed by Debian.

Null pointer dereference was found in upx PackLinuxElf::canUnpack() in p_lx_elf.cpp,in version UPX 4.0.0. That allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted file.