NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphviz package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-GRAPHVIZ-294467
  • published30 May 2018
  • disclosed30 May 2018

Introduced: 30 May 2018

CVE-2018-10196  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 graphviz.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphviz package and not the graphviz package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the rebuild_vlists function in lib/dotgen/conc.c in the dotgen library in Graphviz 2.40.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.