CVE-2018-20349

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions igraph versions through 0.7.1

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the igraph i strdiff function within igraph trie.c, which can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved via a crafted object.

Recommendations For versions through 0.7.1, consider updating to a patched version to mitigate this security risk. As a temporary workaround, consider taking necessary precautions to minimize the risk of exploitation.