Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU31267

NULL pointer dereference in LibreDWG - CVE-2018-14471

Published: July 20, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU31267

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-2018-14471

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. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted dwg file.

Update to version 0.6.