Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-14872
CVE-2019-14872
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Red Hat/newlibv5Range: all newlib versions prior to 3.3.0
Patches
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References
1- census-labs.com/news/2020/01/31/multiple-null-pointer-dereference-vulnerabilities-in-newlib/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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