Resource exhaustion in LibreDWG - CVE-2019-20015
Published: January 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24413
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20015
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
LibreDWG
LibreDWG
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in "dwg_decode_LWPOLYLINE_private" in "dwg.spec". A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20015
Install updates from vendor's website.