Bug 1955671

Summary:	fig2dev: Null pointer in gensvg.c in function svg_arrows
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	databases-maint, hdegoede, hhorak, jmlich83, kasal, mschorm, odubaj, panovotn, pkubat, steve.traylen
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-04-30 16:02:07 UTC

A flaw was found in fig2dev version 3.2.8a. A null pointer in function svg_arrows in gensvg.c may lead to program crash and other potential consequences.

Upstream bug:

https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/114/

Upstream fix:

https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/fig2dev/ci/43cfa693284b076e5d2cc100758a34b76db65e58/

Comment 1 Riccardo Schirone 2021-05-12 13:11:07 UTC

This seems to be just a crash in a short-lived command line tool, so I don't think it is a security flaw/CVE-worthy.