CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-7233

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 30, 2019 | Modified: Feb 01, 2019
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

In libdoc through 2019-01-28, doc2text in catdoc.c has a NULL pointer dereference.

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
Libdoc Libdoc_project 20190128 (including) 20190128 (including)
Catdoc Ubuntu bionic *
Catdoc Ubuntu groovy *
Catdoc Ubuntu hirsute *
Catdoc Ubuntu impish *
Catdoc Ubuntu kinetic *
Catdoc Ubuntu lunar *
Catdoc Ubuntu mantic *
Catdoc Ubuntu trusty *
Catdoc Ubuntu xenial *

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