CVE-2019-3817 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3583 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3898 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3817 https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps/commit/e3a5d056633677959ad924a51758876d415e7046 https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps/issues/41

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8