NULL pointer dereference in libMirage - CVE-2019-15757
Published: September 9, 2019 / Updated: February 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20948
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15757
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error within the NRG parser in parser.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
libMirage
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15757
Install update from vendor's website.