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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-21835
CVE-2020-21835:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG version 0.10 (CVE-2020-21835). The vulnerability is located in the read2004compressed_section function in ../../src/decode.c at line 2337 (Debian Tracker, MITRE CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability is caused by a null pointer dereference in the read2004compressed_section function within the decode.c file. The issue occurs during the processing of compressed sections in DWG files (GitHub Issue).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability can lead to a program crash through a segmentation fault, potentially causing a denial of service condition in applications using the LibreDWG library (GitHub Issue).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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