CVE-2021-42521

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/issues/17818	Exploit Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:vtk:vtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Jan 2023, 16:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:predictapp_project:predictapp::::::::
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/commit/b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/abhilash1985/PredictApp/pull/73 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?id.218387 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 -~~	(MISC) https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218387 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
First Time		Predictapp Project predictapp Predictapp Project

16 Jan 2023, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-08-25 06:15

Updated : 2022-12-21 03:01

NVD link : CVE-2021-42521

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42521

Products Affected

No products.

CWE

CWE-476