NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting uriparser package, versions <0.7.5-1ubuntu2+esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-URIPARSER-260258
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed12 Nov 2018

Introduced: 12 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 uriparser to version 0.7.5-1ubuntu2+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream uriparser package and not the uriparser package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.0. UriCommon.c allows attempted operations on NULL input via a uriResetUri* function.