What is the severity of CVE-2020-6615?

CVE-2020-6615 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6615?

To fix CVE-2020-6615, update GNU LibreDWG to the latest version that addresses this vulnerability.

What are the potential impacts of CVE-2020-6615?

The potential impacts of CVE-2020-6615 include application instability and denial of service due to the invalid pointer dereference.

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-6615?

CVE-2020-6615 affects GNU LibreDWG version 0.9.3.2564 and specific versions of openSUSE Backports and Leap.

Is there a known workaround for CVE-2020-6615?

There are no known workarounds for CVE-2020-6615; updating the software is the recommended action.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2020-6615

medium

6.5

CWE

476

8/1/2020

4/8/2024

CVE-2020-6615: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Wed Jan 08 2020(Updated: )

GNU LibreDWG 0.9.3.2564 has an invalid pointer dereference in dwg_dynapi_entity_value in dynapi.c (dynapi.c is generated by gen-dynapi.pl).

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GNU LibreDWG	=0.9.3.2564
openSUSE Backports	=15.0-sp1
openSUSE	=15.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-6615?
CVE-2020-6615 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6615?
To fix CVE-2020-6615, update GNU LibreDWG to the latest version that addresses this vulnerability.
What are the potential impacts of CVE-2020-6615?
The potential impacts of CVE-2020-6615 include application instability and denial of service due to the invalid pointer dereference.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-6615?
CVE-2020-6615 affects GNU LibreDWG version 0.9.3.2564 and specific versions of openSUSE Backports and Leap.
Is there a known workaround for CVE-2020-6615?
There are no known workarounds for CVE-2020-6615; updating the software is the recommended action.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-6615?
CVE-2020-6615 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6615?
To fix CVE-2020-6615, update GNU LibreDWG to the latest version that addresses this vulnerability.
What are the potential impacts of CVE-2020-6615?
The potential impacts of CVE-2020-6615 include application instability and denial of service due to the invalid pointer dereference.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-6615?
CVE-2020-6615 affects GNU LibreDWG version 0.9.3.2564 and specific versions of openSUSE Backports and Leap.
Is there a known workaround for CVE-2020-6615?
There are no known workarounds for CVE-2020-6615; updating the software is the recommended action.