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CVE-2018-19591

Published: 12/4/2018 Last updated: 12/3/2025 Reserved: 11/26/2018

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.

CNA assigner: mitre (8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 7.5 High CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (1)

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Products affected (2)

Product Vendor Version
n/a n/a Snapdragon 429 Mobile Platform
n/a n/a <= 4.14.*

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