CVE-2021-32280 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in fig2dev, affecting users of this graphics conversion tool.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-32280?

CVE-2021-32280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in fig2dev before 3.2.8.. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function compute_closed_spline() located in trans_spline.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. The fixed version of fig2dev is 3.2.8.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-32280?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Xfig Project Fig2dev.

How do I fix CVE-2021-32280?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-32280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-32280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32280, GHSA-r6xp-8qhf-g8wc, OESA-2021-1395, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32280.

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