Null pointer dereference in uriparser - CVE-2018-19200
Published: November 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15911
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19200
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: uriparser
Affected software:
uriparser
uriparser
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the uriResetUri* function, as defined in the UriCommon.c source code file due to the allowance of operations on a NULL input. A local attacker can send a specially request that submits malicious input, trigger NULL pointer dereference to cause a DoS condition.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19200
Update to version 0.9.