CVE-2018-19591
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.8%Published: 12/4/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19591
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.28-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |