Buffer overflow in LibreDWG - CVE-2018-14443

 

Buffer overflow in LibreDWG - CVE-2018-14443

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31268
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-2018-14443
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
LibreDWG

Detailed vulnerability description

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).


How to mitigate CVE-2018-14443

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources