What is CVE-2018-20540?

CVE-2018-20540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblas, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-20540?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Liblas

CVE-2018-20540

There is memory leak at liblas::Open (liblas/liblas.hpp) in libLAS 1.8.1.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Liblas — versions 1.8.1
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, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20540?: CVE-2018-20540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblas, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-20540?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.