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CVE-2019-12412 (GCVE-0-2019-12412)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-18 23:16 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:17
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Summary
A flaw in the libapreq2 v2.07 to v2.13 multipart parser can deference a null pointer leading to a process crash. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • NULL pointer dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libapreq2 Affected: 2.07 to 2.13
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