NULL pointer dereference in LibSass - CVE-2018-11696
Published: January 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85135
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11696
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 a NULL pointer dereference error in the function Sass::Inspect::operator(). A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
LibSass
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11696
Install updates from vendor's website.
LibSass - update to 3.5.5
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 2.6.0
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 2.6.0