CVE-2018-20721

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20721
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-16 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-16 19:01:00 UTC
DescriptionURI_FUNC() in UriParse.c in uriparser before 0.9.1 has an out-of-bounds read (in uriParse*Ex* functions) for an incomplete URI with an IPv6 address containing an embedded IPv4 address, such as a "//[::44.1" address.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Uriparser Project Uriparser All All All All
Application Uriparser Project Uriparser All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix uriParse*Ex* out-of-bounds read · uriparser/uriparser@cef2502 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1682-1] uriparser security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
uriparser/ChangeLog at master · uriparser/uriparser · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2834-1] uriparser security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178923 Debian Security Update for uriparser (DLA 2834-1)
  • 198594 Ubuntu Security Notification for uriparser Vulnerabilities (USN-5172-1)
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