Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU30495

Improper Initialization in libmysofa - CVE-2019-20063

Published: December 29, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30495

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20063

CWE-ID: CWE-665

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Christian Hoene

Affected software:
libmysofa

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

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