What is CVE-2019-14872?

CVE-2019-14872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Newlib Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-14872?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Newlib Project

CVE-2019-14872

The _dtoa_r function of the newlib libc library, prior to version 3.3.0, performs multiple memory allocations without checking their return value. This could result in NULL pointer dereference.

EPSS: 0.015 (70.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Newlib_project Newlib
Red Hat Newlib — versions all newlib versions prior to 3.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14872?: CVE-2019-14872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Newlib Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-14872?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.