What is the severity of CVE-2019-9772?

CVE-2019-9772 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for causing application crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9772?

To fix CVE-2019-9772, update GNU LibreDWG to versions 0.8 or later where the vulnerability has been addressed.

What types of systems are affected by CVE-2019-9772?

CVE-2019-9772 affects systems running GNU LibreDWG version 0.7 or 0.7.1645 as well as certain packages on openSUSE.

What are the consequences of exploiting CVE-2019-9772?

Exploiting CVE-2019-9772 could lead to application crashes and potentially impact service availability.

Is there a workaround for CVE-2019-9772 if I cannot update my software?

Currently, there are no known effective workarounds for CVE-2019-9772 other than applying the appropriate updates.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2019-9772

high

7.5

CWE

476

14/3/2019

21/11/2024

CVE-2019-9772: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Thu Mar 14 2019(Updated: )

An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function dwg_dxf_LEADER at dwg.spec.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GNU LibreDWG	=0.7
GNU LibreDWG	=0.7.1645
openSUSE Backports	=15.0-sp1
SUSE Linux	=15.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9772?
CVE-2019-9772 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for causing application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9772?
To fix CVE-2019-9772, update GNU LibreDWG to versions 0.8 or later where the vulnerability has been addressed.
What types of systems are affected by CVE-2019-9772?
CVE-2019-9772 affects systems running GNU LibreDWG version 0.7 or 0.7.1645 as well as certain packages on openSUSE.
What are the consequences of exploiting CVE-2019-9772?
Exploiting CVE-2019-9772 could lead to application crashes and potentially impact service availability.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2019-9772 if I cannot update my software?
Currently, there are no known effective workarounds for CVE-2019-9772 other than applying the appropriate updates.

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