Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU36354

Input validation error in libconfuse - CVE-2018-19760

Published: November 30, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36354

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19760

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: martinh (Martin Hedenfalk)

Affected software:
libconfuse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

cfg_init in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.2.2 has a memory leak.

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