NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting blosc/c-blosc2 package, versions [,2.9.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BLOSCCBLOSC2-6139291
  • published25 Dec 2023
  • disclosed25 Dec 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-37188  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade blosc/c-blosc2 to version 2.9.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the zfp_rate_decompress() function. An attacker can cause a crash by passing in a malicious file.

CVSS Scores

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