CVE-2018-19760
Publication date 30 November 2018
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
cfg_init in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.2.2 has a memory leak.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| confuse | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored |
Notes
msalvatore
This CVE may be disputed by upstream. From issue #120: "The bug report is apparently incorrect and the ASAN output looks like a premature exit without cleanup on an error in the caller, not the library." Ignoring this CVE
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |