CVE-2019-14873 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2019-14873 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 19/03/2020 | CVE Updated: 05/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2019
Source: redhat | Vendor: Red Hat | Product: newlib
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2019-14873 Description

In the __multadd function of the newlib libc library, prior to versions 3.3.0 (see newlib/libc/stdlib/mprec.c), Balloc is used to allocate a big integer, however no check is performed to verify if the allocation succeeded or not. This will trigger a null pointer dereference bug in case of a memory allocation failure.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-476
CWE Name: CWE-476
Source: Red Hat

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).