Out-of-bounds read in LibreDWG - CVE-2020-6612
Published: January 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24464
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-2020-6612
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 heap-based buffer over-read in "copy_compressed_bytes" in decode_r2007.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-6612
Install update from vendor's website.