Use After Free Affecting libsass package, versions <3.5.5-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBSASS-532025
  • published26 May 2018
  • disclosed26 May 2018

Introduced: 26 May 2018

CVE-2018-11499  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libsass to version 3.5.5-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsass package and not the libsass package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in handle_error() in sass_context.cpp in LibSass 3.4.x and 3.5.x through 3.5.4 that could be leveraged to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.