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CVE-2019-8379

Public on 2019-02-17
Modified on 2019-10-23
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.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core advancecomp 2019-10-21 18:01 ALAS2-2019-1319
Amazon Linux 2 - Core mercurial 2019-10-21 18:01 ALAS2-2019-1328

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-8379 Mitre: CVE-2019-8379 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity