Out-of-bounds read in LibSass - CVE-2019-18798

 

Out-of-bounds read in LibSass - CVE-2019-18798

Published: November 6, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30655
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18798
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Sass
Affected software:
LibSass

Detailed vulnerability description

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

LibSass before 3.6.3 allows a heap-based buffer over-read in Sass::weaveParents in ast_sel_weave.cpp.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-18798

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources