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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2019-20914

High
9.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG through 0.9.3. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function dwg_encode_common_entity_handle_data in common_entity_handle_data.spec.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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  • Published