High
Security advisory
In function ext_get_plugin() in libyang <= v1.0.225, it doesn't check whether the value of revision is NULL. If revision is NULL, the operation of strcmp(revision, ext_plugins[u].revision) will lead to a crash.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-28904
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In function ext_get_plugin() in libyang <= v1.0.225, it doesn't check whether the value of revision is NULL. If revision is NULL, the operation of strcmp(revision, ext_plugins[u].revision) will lead to a crash.
osv:CVE-2021-28904
Complete source record
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