CVE-2021-30485 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Ezxml

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 19.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Debian MapcacheDebian NetcdfDebian Netcdf-parallel+3 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_internal_dtd(), while parsing a crafted XML file, performs incorrect memory handling, leading to a NULL pointer dereference while running strcmp() on a NULL pointer.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/netcdf< netcdf 1:4.9.0-1 (bookworm)
▶debiandebian/scilab< netcdf 1:4.9.0-1 (bookworm)
▶debiandebian/mapcache< netcdf 1:4.9.0-1 (bookworm)
▶debiandebian/netcdf-parallel< netcdf 1:4.9.0-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

Patch: sourceforge.net ↗Patch: sourceforge.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vjh2-vp2w-jhxr: An issue was discovered in libezxml↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-30485: An issue was discovered in libezxml↗2021-04-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Scilab vulnerabilities↗2021-09-03
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Debian
CVE-2021-30485: mapcache - An issue was discovered in libezxml.a in ezXML 0.8.6. The function ezxml_interna...↗2021
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