CVE-2019-9770
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow...
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.
- Record
CVE-2019-9770- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.
- Record
CVE-2019-9770- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-19132 No score
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.
- Record
EUVD-2019-19132- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ffjx-m5fm-m25w
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow...
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.
- Record
GHSA-ffjx-m5fm-m25w- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in GNU LibreDWG 0.7 and 0.7.1645. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function dwg_decode_eed_data at decode.c for the y dimension.
- Record
CVE-2019-9770- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0068-1 No score
Security update for libredwg
This update for libredwg fixes the following issues:
libredwg was updated to release 0.9.3:
- Added the -x,--extnames option to dwglayers for r13-r14 DWGs.
- Fixed some leaks: SORTENTSTABLE, PROXY_ENTITY.ownerhandle for r13.
- Add DICTIONARY.itemhandles[] for r13 and r14.
- Fixed some dwglayers null pointer derefs, and flush its output for each layer.
- Added several overflow checks from fuzzing [CVE-2019-20010, boo#1159825], [CVE-2019-20011, boo#1159826], [CVE-2019-20012, boo#1159827], [CVE-2019-20013, boo#1159828], [CVE-2019-20014, boo#1159831], [CVE-2019-20015, boo#1159832]
- Disallow illegal SPLINE scenarios [CVE-2019-20009, boo#1159824]
Update to release 0.9.1:
- Fixed more null pointer dereferences, overflows, hangs and memory leaks for fuzzed (i.e. illegal) DWGs.
Update to release 0.9 [boo#1154080]:
- Added the DXF importer, using the new dynapi and the r2000 encoder. Only for r2000 DXFs.
- Added utf8text conversion functions to the dynapi.
- Added 3DSOLID encoder.
- Added APIs to find handles for names, searching in tables and dicts.
- API breaking changes - see NEWS file in package.
- Fixed null pointer dereferences, and memory leaks (except DXF importer) [boo#1129868, CVE-2019-9779] [boo#1129869, CVE-2019-9778] [boo#1129870, CVE-2019-9777] [boo#1129873, CVE-2019-9776] [boo#1129874, CVE-2019-9773] [boo#1129875, CVE-2019-9772] [boo#1129876, CVE-2019-9771] [boo#1129878, CVE-2019-9775] [boo#1129879, CVE-2019-9774] [boo#1129881, CVE-2019-9770]
Update to 0.8:
- add a new dynamic API, read and write all header and object fields by name
- API breaking changes
- Fix many errors in DXF output
- Fix JSON output
- Many more bug fixes to handle specific object types
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0068-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0095-1 No score
Security update for libredwg
This update for libredwg fixes the following issues:
libredwg was updated to release 0.9.3:
- Added the -x,--extnames option to dwglayers for r13-r14 DWGs.
- Fixed some leaks: SORTENTSTABLE, PROXY_ENTITY.ownerhandle for r13.
- Add DICTIONARY.itemhandles[] for r13 and r14.
- Fixed some dwglayers null pointer derefs, and flush its output for each layer.
- Added several overflow checks from fuzzing [CVE-2019-20010, boo#1159825], [CVE-2019-20011, boo#1159826], [CVE-2019-20012, boo#1159827], [CVE-2019-20013, boo#1159828], [CVE-2019-20014, boo#1159831], [CVE-2019-20015, boo#1159832]
- Disallow illegal SPLINE scenarios [CVE-2019-20009, boo#1159824]
Update to release 0.9.1:
- Fixed more null pointer dereferences, overflows, hangs and memory leaks for fuzzed (i.e. illegal) DWGs.
Update to release 0.9 [boo#1154080]:
- Added the DXF importer, using the new dynapi and the r2000 encoder. Only for r2000 DXFs.
- Added utf8text conversion functions to the dynapi.
- Added 3DSOLID encoder.
- Added APIs to find handles for names, searching in tables and dicts.
- API breaking changes - see NEWS file in package.
- Fixed null pointer dereferences, and memory leaks (except DXF importer) [boo#1129868, CVE-2019-9779] [boo#1129869, CVE-2019-9778] [boo#1129870, CVE-2019-9777] [boo#1129873, CVE-2019-9776] [boo#1129874, CVE-2019-9773] [boo#1129875, CVE-2019-9772] [boo#1129876, CVE-2019-9771] [boo#1129878, CVE-2019-9775] [boo#1129879, CVE-2019-9774] [boo#1129881, CVE-2019-9770]
Update to 0.8:
- add a new dynamic API, read and write all header and object fields by name
- API breaking changes
- Fix many errors in DXF output
- Fix JSON output
- Many more bug fixes to handle specific object types
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0095-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10981-1 No score
libredwg-devel-0.11.1-1.6 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libredwg-devel-0.11.1-1.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10981-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
libredwgopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 0.9.3-lp151.2.3.1 | 0.9.3-lp151.2.3.1 |
libredwgSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 0.9.3-bp151.2.3.1 | 0.9.3-bp151.2.3.1 |
libredwgopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 20 CVEs |
before 0.11.1-1.6 | 0.11.1-1.6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9770 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gnu Libredwg, published March 14, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.91%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?55893
github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/issues/99
securityfocus.com/bid/107447
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00033.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9770
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bugzilla.suse.com/1129868
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20009