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CVE-2019-8379
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2019-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.
Affected products
- advancecomp: before 2.1 — fixed in 2.1
- Debian Linux: 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 35
- RedHat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: advancecomp 2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2332
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J23C6QSTJMQ467KAI6QG54AE4MZRLPQV/
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-the-function-be_uint32_read-advancecomp/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/271/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2332
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J23C6QSTJMQ467KAI6QG54AE4MZRLPQV/
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-the-function-be_uint32_read-advancecomp/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/271/
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