CVE-2019-6455 Use after free in n/a
A double-free vulnerability in GNU Recutils allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-6455?
CVE-2019-6455 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a double-free problem in the function rec_mset_elem_destroy() in the file rec-mset.c.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6455?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Recutils.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6455?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2019-6455 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6455 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6455, GHSA-pjj8-r5h4-4q77, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6455.