Name: CVE-2019-6458: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-6458, CWE-401, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00134

An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in rec_buf_new in rec-buf.c when called from rec_parse_rset in rec-parser.c in librec.a.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Jan 16, 2019
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade librec1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade recutils (Ubuntu Pro)	Dec 5, 2024	Jan 16, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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