Use After Free Affecting netcdf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-NETCDF-1320258
  • published26 Feb 2025
  • disclosed26 Dec 2019

Introduced: 26 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-20006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 netcdf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netcdf package and not the netcdf package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_char_content puts a pointer to the internal address of a larger block as xml->txt. This is later deallocated (using free), leading to a segmentation fault.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1