ALPINE-CVE-2019-18874

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CVE-2019-18874
Published: 12 Nov 2019, 02:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Nov 2019, 02:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a while or for loop that converts system data into a Python object.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•py3-psutil

    < 5.6.7-r0

References (1)