NULL pointer dereference in libming - CVE-2018-20428
Published: December 24, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36270
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-2018-20428
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libming.org
Affected software:
libming
libming
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 the strlenext function of the decompile.c file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-7874. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20428
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.