Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU11446

NULL pointer dereference in bchunk - CVE-2017-15955

Published: April 2, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11446

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15955

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference when processing a malformed CUE (.cue) file. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

bchunk
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
bchunk

Update to version 1.2.2 or later.

bchunk - addressed in versions 1.2.2-1.fc26, 1.2.2-1.fc27, 1.2.2-1.fc28