An issue was discovered in LibOFX 0.9.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function OFXApplication::startElement in the file lib/ofx_sgml.cpp, as demonstrated by ofxdump.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libofx | Libofx_project | 0.9.14 (including) | 0.9.14 (including) |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Libofx | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/libofx
- https://github.com/libofx/libofx/issues/22
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4523-1/
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/libofx
- https://github.com/libofx/libofx/issues/22
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4523-1/