CVE-2018-14524

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-415

Description

dwg_decode_eed in decode.c in GNU LibreDWG before 0.6 leads to a double free (in dwg_free_eed in free.c) because it does not properly manage the obj->eed value after a free occurs.

Affected products

GNU LibreDWG: before 0.6 — fixed in 0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU LibreDWG 0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/33
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9211
https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/33
https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9211

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