NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphviz package, versions <2.36.0-0ubuntu3.2+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.5% (77th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRAPHVIZ-538303
- published 30 May 2018
- disclosed 30 May 2018
Introduced: 30 May 2018
CVE-2018-10196 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
graphviz
to version 2.36.0-0ubuntu3.2+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphviz
package and not the graphviz
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the rebuild_vlists function in lib/dotgen/conc.c in the dotgen library in Graphviz 2.40.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-10196
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10196
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6VR2CT3LD52GWAQUZAOSEXSYE3O7HGN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TWUEEJPMS5LAROYJYY6FREOTI6VPN3M4/
- https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/issues/1367
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00014.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1579254
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6VR2CT3LD52GWAQUZAOSEXSYE3O7HGN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TWUEEJPMS5LAROYJYY6FREOTI6VPN3M4/