What is CVE-2019-6459?

CVE-2019-6459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Recutils, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-6459?

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

Vulnerability in Gnu Recutils

CVE-2019-6459

An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in rec_extract_type in rec-utils.c in librec.a.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.8th 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

Gnu Recutils — versions 1.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6459?: CVE-2019-6459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Recutils, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-6459?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.