#VU18637 NULL pointer dereference in graphviz - CVE-2019-11023

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#VU18637 NULL pointer dereference in graphviz - CVE-2019-11023

Published: May 29, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18637
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11023
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
graphviz
Software vendor:
The Graphviz Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in the agroot() function within cgraphobj.c of the libcgraph.a. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted GraphML input to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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