NULL pointer dereference in libmysofa - CVE-2020-36149

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NULL pointer dereference in libmysofa - CVE-2020-36149

Published: October 3, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57004
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2020-36149
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Christian Hoene
Affected software:
libmysofa

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 changeAttribute function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-36149

Install update from vendor's website.

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