CVE-2018-20014 Null dereference in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in the UrBackup client by sending a malformed network request that triggers a null pointer dereference.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-20014?

CVE-2018-20014 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In UrBackup 2.2.6, an attacker can send a malformed request to the client over the network, and trigger a fileservplugin/CClientThread.cpp CClientThread::GetFileHashAndMetadata NULL pointer dereference, leading to shutting down the client application.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20014?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Urbackup Urbackup.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-20014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vhgm-7r9m-6mc8.

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