Denial of service in GNOME Nautilus

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU70096

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37290

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the get_basename() function when parsing .zip files. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Nautilus: 40 - 42.2

External links

http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/2376
http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/tree/master
http://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/merge_requests/1001

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.