Buffer overflow in LibreDWG - CVE-2018-14443
Published: July 20, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31268
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14443
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
get_first_owned_object in dwg.c in GNU LibreDWG 0.5.1036 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV).
Affected software
LibreDWG
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14443
Install update from vendor's website.
LibreDWG - update to 0.6