CVE-2018-20533

MEDIUM

libsolv < 0.7.2 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in testcase_str2dep_complex

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference at ext/testcase.c (function testcase_str2dep_complex) in libsolvext.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652599
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/291
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3916-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0055
EPSS Percentile 68.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
opensuse/libsolv < 0.7.2
Published Dec 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026