CVE-2019-13032 — An issue was discovered in FlightCrew v0

An issue was discovered in FlightCrew v0.9.2 and earlier. A NULL pointer dereference occurs in GetRelativePathToNcx() or GetRelativePathsToXhtmlDocuments() when a NULL pointer is passed to xc::XMLUri::isValidURI(). This affects third-party software (not Sigil) that uses FlightCre

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in FlightCrew v0.9.2 and earlier. A NULL pointer dereference occurs in GetRelativePathToNcx() or GetRelativePathsToXhtmlDocuments() when a NULL pointer is passed to xc::XMLUri::isValidURI(). This affects third-party software (not Sigil) that uses FlightCrew as a library.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-06-28T22:56:58.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:41:09.239Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/53
• salvatoresecurity.com — https://salvatoresecurity.com/fun-with-fuzzers-or-how-i-discovered-three-vulnera…
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4055-1/