CVE-2019-20016: Medium severity libmysofa vulnerability
Published Dec 27, 2019
·Updated
libmysofa before 2019-11-24 does not properly restrict recursive function calls, as demonstrated by reports of stack consumption in readOHDRHeaderMessageDatatype in dataobject.c and directblockRead in fractalhead.c. NOTE: a download of v0.9 after 2019-12-06 should fully remediate this issue.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Symonics libmysofa<0.9
Remediation
Event History
Dec 27, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:12 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:12 AM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is CVE-2019-20016?
CVE-2019-20016 is a vulnerability found in libmysofa before 2019-11-24 that allows for unrestricted recursive function calls.
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What is the severity of CVE-2019-20016?
The severity of CVE-2019-20016 is medium.
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How does CVE-2019-20016 affect libmysofa?
CVE-2019-20016 affects libmysofa versions up to but not including 0.9.
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How can CVE-2019-20016 be fixed?
To fix CVE-2019-20016, download and install version 0.9 or later of libmysofa.
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Where can I find more information about CVE-2019-20016?
More information about CVE-2019-20016 can be found at: [link1], [link2], [link3].