NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting hoene/libmysofa package, versions [,1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.16% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HOENELIBMYSOFA-2367261
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Feb 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Feb 2021

CVE-2020-36149  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hoene/libmysofa to version 1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. Incorrect handling of input data in changeAttribute function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1 will lead to NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault error in case of restrictive memory protection or near NULL pointer overwrite in case of no memory restrictions (e.g. in embedded environments).

References

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