NULL Pointer Dereference

VTK is vulnerable to a NULL Pointer Dereference. The vulnerability is due to improper return value validation, where the libxml2 API xmlDocGetRootElement function can return NULL, but the code in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx dereferences it without a check, allowing an attacker to trigger a...

GHSA-XFHG-9PJG-XG7G VTK NULL pointer dereference vulnerability

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn't check the return value of libxml2 API 'xmlDocGetRootElement', and try to dereference it. It is unsafe as the return value can be NULL and that NULL pointer dereference may...

PYSEC-2022-255

There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn't check the return value of libxml2 API 'xmlDocGetRootElement', and try to dereference it. It is unsafe as the return value can be NULL and that NULL pointer dereference may...