VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14872

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-03-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references