Improper Initialization in libmysofa - CVE-2019-20063
Published: December 29, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30495
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20063
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
hdf/dataobject.c in libmysofa before 0.8 has an uninitialized use of memory, as demonstrated by mysofa2json.
Affected software
libmysofa
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20063
Install update from vendor's website.
libmysofa - update to 0.8