Division by zero in libdoc - CVE-2019-7156
Published: February 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17357
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7156
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Uvoteam
Affected software:
libdoc
libdoc
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trigger division by zero in ole.c:390 at libdoc master branch when using libdoc.a and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7156
Install updates from vendor's website.