UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14872

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14872
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14872.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14872
Upstream
Published
2020-03-19T13:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:46Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / newlib

Package

Name
newlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/newlib@2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0+git20141201.db59ff3-2
2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1",
            "binary_name": "libnewlib-arm-none-eabi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1",
            "binary_name": "libnewlib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1",
            "binary_name": "newlib-source"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / newlib

Package

Name
newlib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/newlib@2.4.0.20160527-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.0.20160527-2
2.4.0.20160527-3
2.4.0.20160527-3ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.0.20160527-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libnewlib-arm-none-eabi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.0.20160527-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libnewlib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.0.20160527-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "newlib-source"
        }
    ]
}