6.5

CVE-2019-6455: gnu recutils Double Free

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-6455DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6455
Published 16-01-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-6455 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Double Free vulnerability in gnu recutils. EPSS estimates a 1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.29%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-7137-1

Timeline

  1. 16-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a double-free problem in the function rec_mset_elem_destroy() in the file rec-mset.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.30% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Pocs

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • recutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • recutils< 1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 | < 1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links