NULL pointer dereference in LibreDWG - CVE-2020-6615

 

NULL pointer dereference in LibreDWG - CVE-2020-6615

Published: January 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24480
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-2020-6615
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
LibreDWG

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in "dwg_dynapi_entity_value" in dynapi.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-6615

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources