An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec_field_set_name() in the file rec-field.c in librec.a.
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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recutils | Gnu | 1.8 (including) | 1.8 (including) |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Recutils | Ubuntu | xenial | * |