CVE-2019-18874

Published: Nov 12, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

Affected (1)

Products: Psutil Project: Psutil

Psutil Project

1 product

Psutil

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Psutil Project Psutil	Up to 5.6.5

Related CWEs

CWE-415

Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

References (10)

https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/pull/1616

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00018.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7QI7MOTZTFXQYU23CP3RAWXCERMOAS/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OLETTJYZL2SMBUI4Q2NGBMGPDPP54SRG/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4204-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/pull/1616