In the __mdiff function of the newlib libc library, all versions prior to 3.3.0 (see newlib/libc/stdlib/mprec.c), Balloc is used to allocate big integers, however no check is performed to verify if the allocation succeeded or not. The access to _wds and _sign will trigger a null pointer dereference bug in case of a memory allocation failure.
References
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https://census-labs.com/news/2020/01/31/multiple-null-pointer-dereference-vulnerabilities-in-newlib/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2020-03-19T15:04:15
Updated: 2020-03-19T15:04:15
Reserved: 2019-08-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-14877
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-03-19T16:15:13.877
Modified: 2020-03-24T17:53:21.280
Link: CVE-2019-14877
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CWE