High severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2022· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2021-42521
CVE-2021-42521
Description
There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK before 9.2.5, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn't check the return value of libxml2 API 'xmlDocGetRootElement', and try to dereference it. It is unsafe as the return value can be NULL and that NULL pointer dereference may crash the application.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
vtkPyPI | < 9.0.1 | 9.0.1 |
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xfhg-9pjg-xg7gghsaADVISORY
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCTMSAAVP4BW2HTZLDWMGKZ2WEC5OFLK/mitrevendor-advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42521ghsaADVISORY
- discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-2-5-is-out/10549ghsaWEB
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vtk/PYSEC-2022-255.yamlghsaWEB
- gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/issues/17818ghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCTMSAAVP4BW2HTZLDWMGKZ2WEC5OFLKghsaWEB
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