CVE-2018-11696 Null dereference in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in LibSass, affecting applications using this library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-11696?

CVE-2018-11696 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. A NULL pointer dereference was found in the function Sass::Inspect::operator which could be leveraged by an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sass-Lang Libsass.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11696?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-11696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11696, GHSA-56vf-rqwg-h55c, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11696.

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