CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-12920

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 28, 2017 | Modified: Sep 01, 2017
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

CDirectory::GetDirEntry in dir.cxx in libfpx 1.3.1_p6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted fpx image.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libfpx Libfpx_project 1.3.1 1.3.1

Potential Mitigations

References