Out-of-bounds read in LibreDWG - CVE-2019-9778
Published: March 14, 2019 / Updated: January 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36072
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9778
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function dwg_dxf_LTYPE at dwg.spec. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
LibreDWG
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9778
Install update from vendor's website.