NULL pointer dereference in Apache Xerces-C - CVE-2017-12627

 

NULL pointer dereference in Apache Xerces-C - CVE-2017-12627

Published: April 2, 2018 / Updated: January 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11447
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12627
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.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Apache Xerces-C
Arch Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
mingw-gdal
xerces-c27
mingw-xerces-c

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12627

Update to version 3.2.1.

mingw-gdal - update to 2.2.4-5.fc28
xerces-c27 - addressed in versions 2.7.0-28.fc27, 2.7.0-28.fc28, 2.7.0-28.fc29
mingw-xerces-c - update to 3.2.1-1.fc28

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