What is CVE-2018-21028?

CVE-2018-21028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Boa, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-21028?

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

Vulnerability in Boa

CVE-2018-21028

Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Boa
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21028?: CVE-2018-21028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Boa, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-21028?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.