CVE-2019-8379

Description

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.254

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
collection of recompression utilities (USN-5671-1) advancecomp_2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.2_i386.deb	Linux
collection of recompression utilities (USN-5671-1) advancecomp_2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.2_amd64.deb	Linux
mercurial Security Update (ALAS-2019-1328) mercurial-2.6.2-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm	Linux
mercurial Security Update (ALAS-2019-1328) mercurial-hgk-2.6.2-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm	Linux
mercurial Security Update (ALAS-2019-1328) emacs-mercurial-2.6.2-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm	Linux
mercurial Security Update (ALAS-2019-1328) emacs-mercurial-el-2.6.2-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234