Libredwg
CVE-2019-9774
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function bit_read_B at bits.c.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125), which allows attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries. An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is an out-of-bounds read in the function bit_read_B at bits.c. Affected products include: Gnu Libredwg, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate array indices and buffer lengths. Use memory-safe languages. Enable AddressSanitizer during testing.
LibreDWG v0.12.4.4608 & commit f2dea29 was discovered to contain a heap use-after-free via bit_copy_chain. Rated critica
LibreDWG v0.12.3 was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via decode_preR13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8),
GNU LibreDWG 0.10 is affected by: memcpy-param-overlap. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely e
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remo
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via: read_2004_section_classes ../../src/decode.c:
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via bit_read_B ../../src/bits.c:135. Rated high se
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via bit_search_sentinel ../../src/bits.c:1985. Rat
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via: read_2004_section_appinfo ../../src/decode.c:
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exits in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via bit_read_RC ../../src/bits.c:318. Rated high s
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via read_2004_section_revhistory ../../src/decode
A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via read_2004_compressed_section ../../src/decode
A heap based buffer overflow vulneraibility exists in GNU LibreDWG 0.10 via bit_calc_CRC ../../src/bits.c:2213. Rated hi
Same weakness CWE-125 – Out-of-bounds Read
View allSame technique Buffer Overflow
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