CVE-2021-42521 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-42521 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 25/08/2022 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: fedora | Vendor: n/a | Product: vtk
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-42521 Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK before 9.2.5, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn\'t check the return value of libxml2 API \'xmlDocGetRootElement\', and try to dereference it. It is unsafe as the return value can be NULL and that NULL pointer dereference may crash the application.

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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-400
CWE Name: CWE-400
Source: n/a

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).