DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14872

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14872
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14872.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14872
Upstream
Published
2020-03-19T13:15:12.883Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:29.354957Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The dtoar function of the newlib libc library, prior to version 3.3.0, performs multiple memory allocations without checking their return value. This could result in NULL pointer dereference.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

newlib

Package

Name
newlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/newlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

picolibc

Package

Name
picolibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/picolibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

newlib

Package

Name
newlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/newlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

picolibc

Package

Name
picolibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/picolibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

newlib

Package

Name
newlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/newlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

picolibc

Package

Name
picolibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/picolibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

newlib

Package

Name
newlib
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/newlib?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

picolibc

Package

Name
picolibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/picolibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}