Use After Free Affecting transmission package, versions <3.00-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.7% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TRANSMISSION-19698623
  • published12 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 May 2020

Introduced: 15 May 2020

CVE-2018-10756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest transmission to version 3.00-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Use-after-free in libtransmission/variant.c in Transmission before 3.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted torrent file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1