CVE-2018-19591

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-12-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2018-19591

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

5.53%

Original NVD Description

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.