Denial of service in Blender

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU68521

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2832

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_backend.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Blender: 3.0.0 - 3.2.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:blender:blender:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:blender:blender:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:blender:blender:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://developer.blender.org/T99706
https://developer.blender.org/D15463
https://developer.blender.org/rB00dc7477022acdd969e4d709a235c0be819efa6c

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.