CVE-2019-3817
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2019 at 12:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLibcompsLibcomps
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A use-after-free flaw has been discovered in libcomps before version 0.1.10 in the way ObjMRTrees are merged. An attacker, who is able to make an application read a crafted comps XML file, may be able to crash the application or execute malicious code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.1.10
Affected range stops below 0.1.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3898x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3817x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps/commit/e3a5d056633677959ad924a51758876d415e7046x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps/issues/41CVSS
7.5HIGHredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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