Out-of-bounds Read Affecting recutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-RECUTILS-2783519
  • published3 Dec 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2019

Introduced: 1 May 2019

CVE-2019-11637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 recutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream recutils package and not the recutils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function rec_rset_get_props at rec-rset.c in librec.a, leading to a crash.