CVE-2019-20911 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG through 0.9.3. Crafted input will lead to denial of service in bit_calc_CRC in bits.c, related to a for loop.

Published: 2020-07-16

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libredwg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-11445	An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG through 0.9.3. Crafted input will lead to denial of service in bit_calc_CRC in bits.c, related to a for loop.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01019.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/commit/c6f6668b82bfe595899cc820279ac37bb9ef16f5
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/178

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Libredwg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-07-16T17:46:34.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.483Z

Reserved: 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20911

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-16T18:15:13.300

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:31:25.353

Link: CVE-2019-20911

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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