Name: CVE-2019-14872: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-14872, CWE-476, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01453

The _dtoa_r 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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade newlibUpgrade picolibc	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 19, 2020
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 19, 2020

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CVSS Details

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