CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-14471

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jul 20, 2018 | Modified: Aug 24, 2018
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

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.

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
Libredwg Gnu * *

Potential Mitigations

References