Out-of-bounds read in LibreDWG - CVE-2019-9775

 

Out-of-bounds read in LibreDWG - CVE-2019-9775

Published: March 14, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36069
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9775
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 #BASIC_IMPACT#.

An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function dwg_dxf_BLOCK_CONTROL at dwg.spec.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-9775

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources