NULL pointer dereference in libdoc - CVE-2019-7233
Published: January 30, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36183
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7233
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Uvoteam
Affected software:
libdoc
libdoc
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 in libdoc through 2019-01-28, doc2text in catdoc.c has a NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7233
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.