CVE-2019-9656 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2019-9656?

CVE-2019-9656 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Mar 2019. 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 LibOFX 0.9.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function OFXApplication::startElement in the file lib/ofx_sgml.cpp, as demonstrated by ofxdump.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9656?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libofx Project Libofx.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9656?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-9656 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9656, DLA-2001-1, GHSA-h9pp-6hpw-9v5v, MGASA-2019-0409, SUSE-SU-2024:3007-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9656 and 1 more.