NULL Pointer Dereference in slaxLexer() Function Leading to Denial of Service

NULL Pointer Dereference in slaxLexer() Function Leading to Denial of Service

CVE-2021-39532 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in libslax through v0.22.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function slaxLexer() located in slaxlexer.c. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

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