PT-2019-18099 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Recutils+3

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CVE-2019-6456

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Published

2019-01-16

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Updated

2024-12-04

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Recutils version 1.8
Description An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec fex size() in the file rec-fex.c of librec.a.
Recommendations For GNU Recutils version 1.8, consider avoiding the use of the rec fex size() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the librec.a library to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-6456
USN-7137-1

Affected Products

Debian
Gnu Recutils
Linuxmint
Ubuntu