NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libredwg package, versions [,0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBREDWG-2368304
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libredwg to version 0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference dwg_obj_block_control_get_block_headers in dwg_api.c in GNU LibreDWG 0.5.1048 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and SEGV) via a crafted dwg file.

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