CVE-2019-25085 (GCVE-0-2019-25085)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-26 06:58 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:00
VLAI
Title
GNOME gvdb gvdb-builder.c gvdb_table_write_contents_async use after free
Summary
A vulnerability was found in GNOME gvdb. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function gvdb_table_write_contents_async of the file gvdb-builder.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is d83587b2a364eb9a9a53be7e6a708074e252de14. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216789 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
VulDB CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3993 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.216789 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216789 signaturepermissions-required
https://github.com/GNOME/gvdb/commit/d83587b2a364… patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GNOME gvdb Affected: n/a
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