What is CVE-2018-17332?

CVE-2018-17332 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libsvg2 Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-17332?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libsvg2 Project

CVE-2018-17332

An issue was discovered in libsvg2 through 2012-10-19. The svgGetNextPathField function in svg_string.c returns its input pointer in certain circumstances, which might result in a memory leak caused by wasteful malloc calls.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libsvg2_project Libsvg2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17332?: CVE-2018-17332 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libsvg2 Project, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-17332?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.