CVE-2018-20534 (GCVE-0-2018-20534)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-28 03:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:05 Disputed
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Summary
There is an illegal address access at ext/testcase.c in libsolv.a in libsolv through 0.7.2 that will cause a denial of service. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue stating that the issue affects the test suite and not the underlying library. It cannot be exploited in any real-world application
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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2018-12-27 00:00
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