An issue was discovered in in bwm-ng v0.6.2. An arbitrary null write exists in get_cmdln_options() function in src/options.c.
Weakness
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwm-ng | Bwm-ng_project | 0.6.2 (including) | 0.6.2 (including) |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Bwm-ng | Ubuntu | xenial | * |