CVE-2018-20540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is memory leak at liblas::Open (liblas/liblas.hpp) in libLAS 1.8.1.

Published: 2018-12-28

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:liblas:liblas:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13094	There is memory leak at liblas::Open (liblas/liblas.hpp) in libLAS 1.8.1.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01482.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652612
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TPVZSUWM5TEAMCBL3Y7QLGQSLCCJFIT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFI3F3PRKPXOITWD47LF6ON4L5MJQQYM/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Liblas Liblas

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-28T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:05:17.363Z

Reserved: 2018-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20540

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-28T16:29:04.597

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:53:02.627

Link: CVE-2018-20540

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-772
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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