NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2019-20093

 

NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2019-20093

Published: December 30, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34932
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2019-20093
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: podofo.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
podofo

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 file, because of ImageExtractor.cpp.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-20093

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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