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CVE-2023-37186: 
Homebrew vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

C-blosc2 before version 2.9.3 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability (CVE-2023-37186) in the ndlz/ndlz8x8.c file. The vulnerability occurs when a NULL pointer is passed to the memset function (NVD, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH). The vulnerability affects the memset operation in the ndlz/ndlz8x8.c file when handling NULL pointers. The issue was discovered in the code path where a NULL pointer could be passed to the memset function, leading to a potential system crash (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition through application crashes due to the NULL pointer dereference. The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates a high severity impact with no requirements for privileges or user interaction to exploit (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in c-blosc2 version 2.9.3. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to address the security issue. The fix involves proper validation of pointers before passing them to the memset function (GitHub Patch).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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