CVE-2021-42521
Published: 25 August 2022
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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vtk
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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focal |
Does not exist
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jammy |
Does not exist
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kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
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mantic |
Does not exist
|
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noble |
Does not exist
|
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trusty |
Needs triage
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|
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vtk6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Needs triage
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|
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vtk7
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
vtk9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
noble |
Needs triage
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |