What is CVE-2018-25028?

CVE-2018-25028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libpulse-Binding Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-25028?

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

Is CVE-2018-25028 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Libpulse-Binding Project

CVE-2018-25028

An issue was discovered in the libpulse-binding crate before 1.2.1 for Rust. get_context can cause a use-after-free.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2021-12-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libpulse-Binding Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0021.html (Vendor Advisory)
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/libpulse-binding/RUST… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25028?: CVE-2018-25028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libpulse-Binding Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-25028?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-25028 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.