NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphviz-devel package, versions <2.40.1-6.6.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.66% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-GRAPHVIZDEVEL-2703776
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Aug 2020

Introduced: 26 Aug 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 graphviz-devel to version 2.40.1-6.6.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphviz-devel package and not the graphviz-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.