CVE-2018-7869

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

7.5

There is a memory leak triggered in the function dcinit of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 70.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

March 8, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

cve@mitrehttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892260
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/119

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 17× in last 30d)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-7869?

CVE-2018-7869 is a high vulnerability published on March 8, 2018. There is a memory leak triggered in the function dcinit of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

When was CVE-2018-7869 disclosed?

CVE-2018-7869 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 8, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-7869 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-7869 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 70.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-7869?

CVE-2018-7869 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-7869?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-7869, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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