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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-11638

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec_field_name_equal_p at rec-field-name.c in librec.a, leading to a crash.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec_field_name_equal_p at rec-field-name.c in librec.a, leading to a crash.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.41% probability · 71th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125, CWE-476
Affected
gnu/recutils
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.