CVE-2021-42521 – vtk

Package

Manager: pip
Name: vtk
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <9.0.1

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00079 pctl0.2412

Details

VTK NULL pointer dereference vulnerability There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK, 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.

Metadata

Created: 2022-08-26T00:03:30Z
Modified: 2024-11-18T23:03:45Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/08/GHSA-xfhg-9pjg-xg7g/GHSA-xfhg-9pjg-xg7g.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400", "CWE-476"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-xfhg-9pjg-xg7g
Finding: F002
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